Open Letter from VietNam POW USMC/USAF Col. George "Bud"

Col. George "Bud" Day ^ | August 2004 | Col. George "Bud" Day

[AFPhys]

"I was a POW of the Vietnamese in Hanoi in 1971, and am aware that the testimony of John Kerry, the actions of Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden, and the radical left; all caused the Commies to conclude that if they hung on..they would win."... "His stories to the Senate committee were absolute lies..fabrications..perjury..fantasies, with NO substance. That dark shadow has defamed the entire Vietnam War veteran population, and gave "Aid and Comfort" to our enemies..the Vietnamese Communists."

Dear Joe Scarborough: About John Kerry for President and the Swiftboat vets

The major issue in the Swiftboat stories is, and always has been, what John Kerry did in 1971 after he returned from Vietnam.

Kerry cast a long dark shadow over all Vietnam Veterans with his outright perjury before the Senate concerning atrocities in Vietnam. His stories to the Senate committee were absolute lies..fabrications..perjury..fantasies, with NO substance. That dark shadow has defamed the entire Vietnam War veteran population, and gave "Aid and Comfort" to our enemies..the Vietnamese Communists.

Kerry's stories were outright fabrications, and were intended for political gain with the radical left..McGovern, Teddy and Bobby Kennedy followers, Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden and the radical left who fantasized that George McGovern was going to be elected in 1972. Little wonder that returning soldiers from Vietnam were spit upon and castigated as "baby killers". A returned hero just said so.

Kerry cut a dashing figure as a war hero, lots of medals, and returned home because of multiple war wounds..even a silver star. His senate testimony confirmed what every hippie had been chanting on the streets.."Hey hey LBJ..How many kids did you kill today"? Kerry obviously was really running for political office, without announcing it...in 1971.

Until John O'Neill, himself a Swiftboat Commander, spoke out before the 1972 election against Kerry's outright deceptions, there was no one from the Swiftboat scene that could contradict Kerry' self serving lies.

I was a POW of the Vietnamese in Hanoi in 1971, and am aware that the testimony of John Kerry, the actions of Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden, and the radical left; all caused the Commies to conclude that if they hung on..they would win.

North Vietnamese General Bui Tin commented that every day the Communist leadership listened to world news over the radio to follow the growth of the anti-war movement. Visits to Hanoi by Jane Fonda and Ramsey Clark gave them confidence to hold in the face of battlefield reverses. The guts of it was that propaganda from the anti-war group was part of the Commie combat strategy.

While the Commies were hanging on, innumerable U.S. soldiers, sailors, marines and air force members were being killed in combat. Every battle wound to Americans after Kerry's misdirected testimony is related to Kerry's untruthfulness. John Kerry contributed to every one of these deaths with his lies about U.S. atrocities in Vietnam. He likewise defamed the U.S. to our allies and our supporters.

His conduct also extended the imprisonment of the Vietnamese POWs, of which I was one. I am certain of at least one POW death after his testimony, which might have been prevented with an earlier release of the POWs some 2 years after his 1971 testimony.

My friend and roommate Senator John S. McCain denounced the Swiftboat video by John O'Neill. I have a different opinion than my good friend John McCain. The Swiftboat tape is highly relevant evidence that replies directly to John Kerry's ongoing series of misrepresentation, and those tapes and the cable news shows are the only major contradictions to Kerry's postulating as a war hero.

The print press..Washington Post, NY Times, etc are avoiding the Swiftboat story because they want a democratic president.

John Kerry opened up his character as a war hero reporting for duty (Dem Convention), with a hand salute..and his band of brothers.. of which he was the chief hero. Most of his convention speech was about John Kerry..Vietnam war hero, and his band of brothers, John Kerry's character is not only fair game, it is the primary issue. His response to Swiftboats is like Bill Clinton's "is", as an answer to his lack of character.

The issue is trust. Can anyone trust John Kerry?? "Never lie, cheat, or steal" is the West Point motto. Should we elect another proven liar to lead us in wartime???

I draw a direct comparison to General Benedict Arnold of the Revolutionary War, to Lieutenant John Kerry. Both went off to war, fought, and then turned against their country. General Arnold crossed over to the British for money and position. John Kerry crossed over to the Vietnamese with his assistance to the anti-war movement and his direct liaison with the Vietnamese diplomats in Paris. His reward. Political gain. Senator. United States.

His record as a senator for twenty years has been pitiful. Conjure up, if you will, one major bill that he has sponsored.

John Kerry for President? Ridiculous. Unthinkable. Unbelievable. Outrageous.

Col. George "Bud" Day Medal of Honor Vietnam POW 1967-1973 Attorney 1949-2004 USMC- USA-USAF

[tomnbeverly]

Excellent, however too many americans have been bespelled by the left... The good Col's views and service will not be read and reflected on by anyone but us. The President has been under attack for his courageous actions post 9/11 for over a year now and these attacks have poisoned the minds of a large political swing voter base. There must be a way to show Kerry for the true coward that he is... He really needs to step in it good in public. almost thought we had him when he started to lose it in NY almost went too far when he told the President to Bring it On... I think there is still time for Kerry to go too far and when he does the jig will be up...

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Ramsey Clark to Join Panel for Saddam’s Defense

arabnews press release 25 August 2004

NOTE :
Ramsey Clark is pictured below with Kerry and
Vietnam phony vet Al Hubbard
Who was head of the
Vietnam Veterans Against the War movement.



NEW:
FReeper smith288 has an online version of
Kerry's "The New Soldier"
You can read it without downloading pdf files!
CLICK HERE

From Kerry's "The New Soldier":
Al Hubbard Sgt., 22 Troop Carrier Squadron Aug. ’65-June ’66

Emotions: Walking down the flight line at Saigon past stacks of aluminum cases containing American bodies and past stacks of aluminum luggage containing American currency. Seeing the tight, sad face of an Airman loading the bodies aboard a dirty Air Force Transport and the wide smiling face of a stewardess greeting the passengers aboard a clean Pan American Clipper Jet. Hearing a Vietnamese beg you to leave his country and an American colonel tells you to bomb his country. Hearing a Vietnamese invite you to live in his home, after the war and an American explain why you can’t live in his block, after the war. Flying over barren, brown, safe American held terrain and over lush, green unsafe enemy terrain. Feeling happy to be leaving a country in which you do not belong and sad to be returning to a country in which you are not allowed to belong. Sacrificing a portion of your consciousness so you won’t have to deal with being there and building mental blocks so you won’t have to deal with having been there.

- Al Hubbard, proven fraud who never set foot in Viet Nam. The only Vietnamese he ever met was when he was collaborating with the North Vietnamese in Paris
on the American Communist Party's nickel.
John Kerry's explanation: "He (Hubbard) simply exaggarated his particular position.
But nobody knew it at the time. And those things happen."

The New Soldier, (46 pages)
By John Kerry
and Vietnam Veterans
Against the War
PART I
PART II
PART III

Kerry hopes everyone
in the USA gets this book!

Send this url for the online version

http://ejsmithweb.com/fr/newsoldier/

Print this out (46 pages) and disribute it,
especially to the liberals you know.

Copy and paste the links to everyone you know.

http://nomayo.mu.nu/archives/New%20Soldier%20Inro.pdf

http://nomayo.mu.nu/archives/New%20Soldier.pdf

http://nomayo.mu.nu/archives/New%20Soldier%20Epilogue.pdf

[BlueNgold]

His name is officially changed to:
Col BadAss

[PhiKapMom]

McCain also dissed the POW Families which I will never forget nor forgive. And he also trashed the Swifties for going after Kerry. I have never understood his making peace with Kerry -- makes no sense.

When Sen Dole spoke out against Kerry, McCain should have been doing the same thing IMHO.

I don't give McCain a free pass when it comes to POW Families and other Veterans when he chooses sides with Kerry -- BTW, someone just told me he is traveling with the Clintons!

[MEG33]

Why did McCain call it dishonorable and dishonest?..Why speak at all?....He's never gotten over the attack on him in a primary but he wants these veterans to get over Kerry...He is using double standard and one of unequal proportions as far as harm done.

[Soaring Feather]

bump

[twigs]

Did he really call Swifties "dishonest and dishonorable?" I hadn't heard that. Yep. That's despicable if he did.

[E.G.C.]

BTT!!!!!!

[joesnuffy]

A man to heed -America...ignore him at your own peril....

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for posting these all over to remind people just who John Kerry really is!

[Mach9]

Colonel Day was the only POW to escape from prison in the South.

This is the only sentence that doesn't ring true. Where did this bio come from? Bud was held in the north--roomed with McCain either with or after Overly. Nick Rowe escaped from the south (later assassinated in the Philippines).

[twigs]

I agree. McCain does not have a right to diss Swifties or POW families. I was not aware that he had done that.

[GBA]

You make a good point about McCain apparently having worked out his differences with Kerry. None the less, I don't trust RINO McCain and believe that his comments, while they may not re-open those old wounds, do little to help those wounds to heal.

The Swift Boat vets haven't had the same opportunity that McCain has and clearly they have a lot to say about Kerry's record, during and after Vietnam. It's McCain's finance reform that has given them a platform and rather than applauding their right to free speech, he condemns their actions. I am sorry I ever voted for him.

[Saundra Duffy]

Does anyone remember the movie "Apocalypse Now"? I guess they dreamed up that movie because of John Kerry's testimony. I was very young and naive at that time and that movie scared the bejeebers out of me. Made it look like our military guys were a bunch of evil out-of-their-mind monsters. Sheeeeesh.

[Chieftain]

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[Rightfootforward]

Col. Day needs to send this to the msm and demand that they hear him out.

[Chieftain]

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Made by fellow FReeper disabled vet who has a bone to pick with Kerry, like we all do!
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[Mach9]

He's certainly cited as having said exactly that. What's terminally unfortunate is that the time for retracting has passed. Do you suppose his is one of the name on the letter Max is delivering?

[sweetiepiezer]

I just called my Senator and asked for him to call for the resignation of John Kerry from the Senate. And I asked that he publicly state to the residents of this state how he stands on John Kerry.

Our Senators have to stand up and be counted.

[MEG33]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/08/05/politics1020EDT0544.DTL&type=printable

McCain quoted here..