Posted on 08/25/2004 9:09:29 AM PDT by 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
BTTT!!!!!!
Thanks for the ping Tonk. Bless you Col. Day.
EXCELLENT!
I wondered if the apology will include that weird little bow he does with the palms of his hands pressed together. Did he learn that on his trip to Vietnam?
BTTT
READ this everyone!! Excellent, AF.
**SNORT**...yeah, and like Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now, he went illegally into Cambodia when he wasn't there after Nixon ordered him to before he became president, and got shot at by the Khmer Rouge before they existed. And it was seared...seared into his memory.
Yeah it was seared alright...he burnt out too many brain cells.
Wow, that is a NICE decal!
COL Day, USAF, Ret (AKA Strongbow)
While I don't agree with McCain on the stand he's decided to take, I'm not going to fault him either. From what he's said, he and Kerry worked out their differences years ago so that they could work together on POW issues in the senate. So I think McCain wants to leave it there. He decided to let bygones be bygones years ago and doesn't want to reopen old wounds now. I DO understsand that in his circumstances.
11 posted on 08/25/2004 9:18:21 AM PDT by twigs
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Thanks so much for the pings and your relentless efforts on the "KERRY TOPIC".
Devastating is correct.
Have you ever seen this? My HTML skills aren't up to making links:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1190271/posts
When one finally comes to recognize another person as a "proven liar" it tends to shed a lot of light on the peculiar actions and behaviour of such individuals which otherwise made little sense to most people.
Clinton, Kerry, and others are just a few examples of things gone wrong in our culture. Truth, Justice, and Freedom seem to have been lost as our common standards of deceny are eroded largely by those in the media and entertainment industries.
McCain is a certifiable nut case.
The wife I will do all possible to vote for & help the rat defeat his sorry arse here in Arizona come November.
We like our enemies up front, out in the open and declared. Not have some scumbag like McCain skulking around the rear doing great damage while grinning like some idiot Cheshire cat.
Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat who chaired the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, sponsored the resolution with several other Vietnam veterans, including Sen. John McCain, Republican of Arizona, a POW for more than six years.
"The time has come to end this chapter in our history," McCain said, denouncing some opponents as "professional malcontents, conspiracy mongers, con artists and dime-store Rambos." The Boston Globe January 27, 1994
When I tried to discuss this and other reports like it with Senator John McCain of Arizona on the Larry King radio show last Friday, McCain, who has sought over the years to debunk all data about prisoners who were not returned, quickly dismissed it as "raw files." Without having examined the documents or spoken to the intelligence investigators who gathered them, McCain said he didn't believe there could have been a camp near the Chinese border with American POWs in it "because we would have known about it."
McCain instead changed the subject and lapsed into name-calling against POW/MIA activists, a tactic he resorts to frequently when the facts get in his way. For example, in last Wednesday's Senate debate on a McCain-sponsored resolution seeking an end to the economic embargo against Vietnam, the senator ignored the hard evidence and went into a diatribe against "the professional malcontents, conspiracy mongers, con artists and dime store Rambos who attend this issue . . . "Newsday (New York) February 1, 1994
Wow!!! Thanks!
I humbly thank everyone who has felt this thread worthy to ping their lists to. I also thank OESY for initially discovering that the letter was on the 'net.
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