John Kerry was the initial instigator of personal attacks upon his fellow Swift Boat officers.

August 23, 2004 | Ursus arctos horribilis

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

There is one thing that has bothered me from day one about this Swift Boat affair.

Adm. Hoffman & Commander Elliot in 1996 answered the call to defend Kerry against Weld in the very tight US Senate race in MA. They held their noses, praised him highly, and likely saved him.

To prove that no good deed goes unpunished, fast forward to John Kerry's 2004 presidential bid.

Kerry gets a historian by the name of Brinkley to do his official biography. In the released book, "Tour of Duty". John Kerry lashes out accusing both Elliot and Hoffman of being near insane commanders who needlessly caused massive US and civilian causalities and of committing war crimes. Elliot was even likened by Kerry to the mad man Col. Kurtz in the fictional movie, "Apocalypse Now". In the book Kerry embellished & lied about his own heroic (non) exploits while denigrating other Swift Boat officers.

When Adm. Hoffman read the book, he was incensed. Kerry later called Hoffman & offered to re-publish, re-edit, and remove the lies if Hoffman would support him, Hoffman refused the clumsy blackmail attempt. Hoffman then contacted John O'Neill, who was at the time recovering from surgery after have donated a kidney to his wife, and from that conversation, the Swift Boat Vets for Truth group was born

For Kerry, the DNC, liberals and the MWDP to now say these men are attacking Kerry without cause & justification is ludicrous, these veterans are the injured parties, not Kerry.

Kerry in "Tour of Duty" started the vicious personal attacks upon these same men, they who had once answered his call to stand and deliver for him in his time of political peril. What in the hell is the MWDP ranting about? Kerry is the initial perpetrator here of personal attacks upon honorable men, not the victim, as he and the MWDP would have the American people believe.

Another problem I have is the SBVfT have not stated in the strongest possible terms to make their case of being personally attacked first. Kerry was the instigator by using his tactics of horrific unfounded attacks of personal destruction upon his fellow Swift Boat comrades.

He did not just question these veterans veracity and their honor, he directly and deliberately, viciously smeared them in the now thoroughly debunked book of lies, "Tour of Duty", his personally approved auto-biography. This book was based upon his fictional contemporaneous journals & logs. These same false documents, that he will not release for public scrutiny, go to the very heart of John Kerry's character and into his deplorable plan from over 35 years ago to use those documented lies, such as in "TOUR of DUTY" to further his political career, even into the White House.

Now he has the current damnable mess he finds himself in, that he, and he alone, has no one else to blame for. His carefully crafted lies and back stabbing are now coming home to roost. Classic Kerry, he now cries foul, and the willing MWDP are in full frontal attack to pull his chestnuts from the fire.

[CyberAnt]

"Adm. Hoffman & Commander Elliot in 1996 answered the call to defend Kerry against Weld in the very tight US Senate race in MA. They held their noses, praised him highly, and likely saved him"

I'm really confused why they would do this in the first place. They believe he was a traitor then .. Hmmmm?

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

MWDP?"

Media Wing Democrat Party

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

I cannot answer to their motives? Perhaps a vet versus a non vet who had impugned vets.

[listenhillary]

Why don't you want to buy the book?

[Cold Heat]

They believe he was a traitor then .. Hmmmm?

No, actually they did not put it together at that time.

What they were defending was the back shooting incident.

They defended Kerry against accusations for this, and frankly they still do. The back shooting was acceptable in war time with an armed enemy soldier.

[Cold Heat]

He is speaking of the Brinkley book.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

"He is speaking of the Brinkley book."

Right on, to buy Kerry's book is a bridge too far.

[CyberAnt]

"No, actually they did not put it together at that time."

Interesting. I do agree with the back shooting though. If some guy shoots at you and then runs away with the gun still in his hand .. he's toast!

[bitt]

I sure would like some group of JUST National Guardsmen from all over the country to stand up and start griping about how Moore and Kerry keep denigrating their service...

Where ARE those guys, HUH?

You would think they would be INCENSED!

[Howlin]

Right. The defended him in 1996 against war crime charges.

[bitt]

I think that we are going to learn that the reason Kerry's FIRST Purple Heart wasn't awarded until 3 months later (and by whom?) was because.....

the other officers promised him if he would leave immediately they would get the three Hearts together so he had his ticket out. But ONLY if he agreed to leave. Otherwise, they were going to expose him for something terrible that festers within him to this day

[longfellow]

Is it possible that this man is more dangerous than klinton?

[CyberAnt]

Evidently they were defending Kerry because of the guy he shot in the back. Which I have heard O'Neill talk about. The guy was shooting at Kerry's group and then he turned and ran away and Kerry shot him. I don't have a problem with that - it's part of the hell of war.

[Chieftain]

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