Posted on 08/23/2004 2:52:54 PM PDT by gilliam
Kerry Spot reader Barnaby observes that the article by former Swift Boat commander William B. Rood creates a new problem for John Kerry. Rood's bronze star citation says he earned the medal "while serving with friendly foreign forces" and "Underwater Demolition Team THIRTEEN and Vietnamese Regional and Popular Force personnel."
Kerry's Silver Star citation makes no mention of Underwater Demolition Team THIRTEEN, and the friendly foreign forces aren't credited with any role in the battle. The description makes it sound like Kerry and his crew saved the day.
This inconsistency bears out one of the Swift Boat Vets's objection to Kerry's Silver Star citation. Page 83 of Unfit for Command: "The citation simply ignores the presence of the soldiers and advisors who actually "captured the many enemy weapons" and routed the Viet Cong. Further, the citation ignores the preplanned nature of the tactic and the fact that Kerry's boat did not beach first. Finally, the citations statement that Kerry attacked a "numerically superior force in the face of intense fire" is simply false." Admiral Roy Hoffman, who keeps being cited as a formerly pro-Kerry vet who has "changed his story," says he was told Kerry had "almost single-handedly" routed the Viet Cong.
It's little things like this that make one wish one could ask questions of Mr. Rood. And it makes one wonder if Kerry's reports to his superiors after battles were more than a little self-serving.
What? John Kerry in Vietnam? Never heard anything 'bout that </sarcasm off>
Kerry sounds more and more like Agent Smart everyday. I hope all Kerry's reports started out with "Would you believe...."
bottom line is the liberals know kerry is a liar, but they would rather have him than bush....the media isn't going to sue to have kerry's military records released, and no way kerry is going to sign the standard form 180 and remove all coubt from the swing voters that he has based his entire campaign on 4 months of lies.
how often does the media even mention his requests for deferments?
senator harkin has no problem calling VP Cheney a coward for his deferments, but harkin doesn't call VP Wannabe Edwards a coward for his Vietnam student deferments
Is Edwards even old enough for Vietnam? I think he's in his early 50's.
We could ask Rood, but, oh gee, he's not taking calls or doing interviews. :^(
I'd also like to see him tell his story in a sworn affidavit as the Swiftees did.
It had to be one of Kerrys secret missions with the CIA. That would explain the lack of records.
I don't blame him!
Why should HE trust the MEDIA, HE KNOWS they have an agenda!!!
if he graduated in 1974 he probably entered college in 1970 and probably received a deferment in 1970,71, and 72....
John Edwards was born in Seneca, South Carolina in 1953 and raised in Robbins, North Carolina. There, he learned the values of hard work and perseverance from his father, Wallace, who worked in the textile mills for 36 years and from his mother, Bobbie, who ran a shop and worked at the post office. Working alongside his father at the mill, he formed a strong belief that all Americans deserve an equal chance to succeed and be heard.
A proud product of public schools, John Edwards was the first person in his family to attend college. He worked his way through North Carolina State University where he graduated with high honors in 1974. And he earned a law degree with honors in 1977 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
---I'd also like to see him tell his story in a sworn affidavit as the Swiftees did.---
Good point, especially since he won't take follow-up questions. Have any of Kerry's little band been deposed?
I e-mailed 'em that they totally missed the most basic facts of the Rood matter and the writer didn't catch there are actually multiple copies of Kerry's records (which he manipulated and refiled over the years) and interesting one copy of the Silver Start report DOES include mention of the troops:
"While transiting the Bay Hap River en route to an insertion point along the Dong Cung River, these craft with thirty Regional/Popular Force personnel embarked in each unit" and Kerry is definitely highlighted as "The Officer in Tactical Command, Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY." ... Arriving at the area, Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY's craft received a B-40 rocket close aboard. Once again Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY ordered his units to charge the enemy positions and summoned Patrol Craft Fast 43 to the area to provide additional firepower. Patrol Craft Fast 94 then beached in the center of the enemy positions and an enemy soldier sprang up from his position not ten feet from Patrol Craft Fast 94 and fled. Without hesitation Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY leaped ashore, pursued the man behind a hootch and killed him, capturing a B-40 rocket launcher with a round in the chamber. Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY then led an assault party and conducted a sweep of the area while the Patrol Craft Fast continued to provide fire support. After the enemy had been completely routed, all personnel returned to the Patrol Craft Fast to withdraw from the area. While backing off the beach, these units again came under a hail of fire, this time from the opposite river bank. Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY immediately coordinated the firepower of his units and supressed the enemy fire. Later, after disembarking personnel, and while exiting from the Bay Hap River, the Patrol Craft Fast were again under fire. Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY immediately maneuvered his craft through several strafing runs which completely silenced the enemy. As a result of this operation, ten Viet Cong were killed and one wounded with no friendly casualties.
Of course the real key here is that Rood does not refer to taking any intense rocket rocket fire with at least one B-40 rocket blowing up on Kerry's boat as his citation indicates (meaning Root supports SwiftVets!) More HERE under Kerry's Olympics?
> and no way kerry is going to sign the standard form 180
He might at 5:00 PM EST on 01 Nov.
But what's more likely prior to that, is that he'll post
highly redacted or even forged versions of all the
outstanding documents in the days before the election,
then claim to have "released everything".
Rood's article is TRUE - Kerry's report & the media reports are the LIEs!
Speaking of the picture of Kerry and Rood, is there a picture in which Kerry doesn't look like a complete dildo?
Major Garrett on FOX News Special Report:
In Kerry's own journal he writes 9 days after being awarded
his 1st purple heart that "we haven't been shot at yet."
Garrett said the kerry campaign...IS NOW SAYING THAT KERRYS
WOUND "MAY HAVE BEEN SELF-INLFICTED"..
very interesting ..LOL
Questions, questions, that's all we have, but what we need are answers.
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