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Here is what I wrote to the deputy Editor.

B. James Boyd,

Sir, it has come to my attention that you have banned the political cartoonist Linda Eddy who was drawing anti-Kerry drawings. You stated that John Kerry's statements made in 1971 were to "appeal on behalf of veterans". That sir, is an outright lie! I am a veteran of the Vietnam Era and Kerrys lies before Congress tarred all of us with the same brush whether we served in combat, or not. Whether we served in Vietnam, or not. His lies made us the subect of scorn and hatred of the American public. His comments caused many, if not all of us who honorably served our country to be ashamed to wear our uniforms.

For myself, I was in High School ROTC at that time and still was subjected to the epithets when wearing my uniform. I went to active duty in 1974 and was still subjected to being treated like a pariah when home on leave.

His testimony ratcheted up the suffering of the POW's by their captors (the Norht Vietnamese), and now I quote sir, a North Vietnamese General, who in a meeting (in 1987) with a Vietnam Veteran by the name of Don Lester stated " After 1968 he and his army had emotionally quit." "The only thing that gave them hope and kept them fighting was the Anti-War movement back here in the U.S." So please enlighten me how the prolonged suffereing caused to so many veterans by Kerry's lies were "an appeal on our behalf"?

Plus lets look at his record while in Congress as a United States Senator while we're at it. How come he has voted anti - military on pretty much every thing military that comes up? here's a short list of things he's voted against -
Bradley Fighting Vehicles , M1 Abrams Tanks, AH-64 Apache Helicopter, B-1 Bomber, B-2 Stealth Bomber, F-15 Fighter Jets, F-16 Fighter Jets, F-18 Fighter Jets, Patriot Missiles, Cruise Missiles.
He himself said " I would like to see the Untied States military deployed only at the directive of the United Nations." The UN being mostly anti-American and run with the objective of the last 20 years being the dissolution of the U.S. Constitution and US sovereignty. Now he is saying he "cares about the defense of America" - unfortunately his actions speak louder than his words to most veterans. He flip flops worse than a fish on the beach. Unfortunately some people like you are naieve and believe what the leftist liars like John Kerry and Jane Fonda say.

Lastly on behalf of Miss or Mrs Eddy I would like to state that I didn't serve 20 years in defense of the Constitution so that an elite few could have their say and the rest of the "people" be muzzled. What you are doing is putting a muzzle on another voice by not letting her post her drawings in your "rag". John Kerry has come out against the Swift Boat veterans trying to muzzle them the same way he has tried to silence the rest of us veterans. Look at his record, then look at what he says. If it looks like sh*t, and smells like sh*t, then it must be sh*t - right?

By the way, I served for 20 years in the US Navy. I had "broken service" and was honorably retired a few years ago. In case you're wondering how I got to be a Vietnam Era Veteran.
Sincerely,

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, do ya think I was too harsh on him?