Posted on 08/27/2004 6:25:28 PM PDT by NavySEAL F-16
Jim Warner will never forget when he first heard of John Kerry. It was May of 1971, and Warner was a Marine first lieutenant suffering in solitary confinement in North Vietnam's infamous Skid Row punishment camp.
Since his F-4 fighter had been shot down three and a half years earlier, Warner had been tortured and interrogated regularly by his captors.
One morning--Warner thinks it was a Saturday--he was subjected to an unusually long three-hour interrogation, during which they made him read the typewritten transcript of a statement by a U.S. Navy officer, who was Vietnam veteran, speaking in the United States. The speech included a litany of American war atrocities against the Vietnamese and advocated an immediate and unilateral withdrawal from Vietnam.
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Sorry for the scramble... I reposted this letter from Mrs. Visconti, who's husbands name adorns my POW/MIA bracelet. I have nothing but the utmost respect for this great lady and feel her words need to be read here.
HOw utterly disgusting!!! Withdraw unilaterally is what he wants now in Iraq. thank you Gretchen for posting this. I was born in 69, so I do not have a knowledge of what went on during this time. What I know is from what I have read or was taught in school. The Vietnam war was never discussed. I always had the impression in my teen years that it was a bad thing, politicians screwed it up, and that the vets were mostly angry. But reading all of what the Swift vets have written and what people like Kerry did, I can understand why the Vets would feel like they were forgotten. What this man did was CRUEL. For all the Vietnam Vets who are on this thread, Thank you. I appreciate your efforts!! I am truly sorry that you had to go through all of what this man and the likes of him put you through.
Yes, Kerry has dumped on our National Guard units as well as our allies who have lost a good number of men supporting us in Iraq. The media would pick Bush's bones dry if he did half of what Kerry has done.
Yes I agree.
"Three Former POWs Say Communists Used Kerry's Words for Torment"
If I hear this come up in conversation with Democrats, I'll just say...
"Those POWs are liars. The NY Times and Newsweek say all the attacks on Kerry are just lies.
Oh, and they are all war criminals. Even John Kerry. He said so."
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