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How can any historian ignore statements like Kerry's made?

"In an interview on NBC's "Meet The Press" last Sunday, Kerry was asked about statements he made about Vietnam War atrocities during an interview with the same program in 1971, when he was a leader in the antiwar movement:"

"There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed, in that I took part in shootings in free-fire zones, I conducted harassment and interdiction fire, I used .50-caliber machine guns which were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search-and-destroy missions, in the burning of villages," Kerry said in 1971.

Excerpt from CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/25/hughes.kerry.vietnam/

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I used .50-caliber machine guns which were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search-and-destroy missions, in the burning of villages," Kerry said in 1971.

If that is true why is he carrying an M16 in some of his photos and were in the hell did the Grenade Launcher come from that he used. Did he unmount the 50 Caliber from the gun tub and run through the jungle and shoot the VC when he earned his silver Star.

John Kerry is a damned liar.