Posted on 08/30/2004 8:23:15 AM PDT by kattracks
In any event, it took a remarkable amount of courage for John Kerry, and others like him, to take an active public stand against the war they had just helped fight.
Yes, very courageous to call American troops who were still fighting war criminals.
They knew that in a pro-war culture they would be looked down upon as traitors.
Not in '71, whe "Kerry the hero" trstified against his comrades.
It's a different story today, which is why Kerry is backing away for his "courageous" stand
The Vietnam vets who despise Kerry do so because he has helped rob them of the glory they feel they deserve.
Unlike Kerry, I don't think any of these men were after glory, but I'm sure none of them expected to be spat upon and disrespected the way they were because of Kerry and his disgusting ilk.
...our troops will be out of Iraq by next February.
Which is exactly what the terrorists want, and because of Kerry and the left's stand on this, is why there are still Americans dying in Iraq.
You can't make this stuff up. As long as the left keeps spewing this nonsense there won't be any problems in November.
A vote winning article! Hahahaaa...
Well said!!!
Given that definition, Benedict Arnold and Judas were genuine heroes....
Even Jane Fonda appologized to the veterans when she learned of their suffering because of what she did..
Well John? We're waiting....
"If they'd taken him at his word, when the senator said ''I'm John Kerry reporting for duty,'' the delegates at the Democratic Convention should have dived for cover." - Mark Steyn
What myths?? The stories are well documented:
"I always" meant "It always"
Heard rumors that Kerry was a government informer - spying on his hippie friends... the reason for his late discharge?
Exactly.
...Galanti never knew John Kerry in Vietnam. A Navy pilot captured in 1966, he spent seven years as a prisoner of war. He said, "I was in solitary over a year. Seven by seven room, concrete beds."
Galanti does not remember hearing Kerry's name at the Hanoi Hilton, but he does remember the voice.
Galanti said, "Kerry gave for free what I and many of my comrades in prison camps took torture to avoid saying..."
"They had it pumped in at five o'clock in the morning," said Galanti about Kerry's speech, "and then at nine at night there'd be a re-run."
"I remember distinctly hearing this guy talking about atrocities, baby killers," Galanti added. "They're chopping off ears, hooking genitals to generators, and I thought, that's not true. There's no way that's true!"
Galanti continued, "I'd been there five years. The peace talks had been going on two years. There was no end in sight. The Vietnamese are telling us, 'we're never going home because we're war criminals.' And here comes a guy purporting to be an American Naval officer saying, 'Yeah, we did commit war crimes,' saying exactly what they said. It was just devastating. Terribly demoralizing."
In the words of Yul Brynner playing the pharaoh Rameses in "The Ten commandments": "Let him rave on, that all men shall know him to be mad..."
The nature and quality of his service is in question.
I agree with you that he had the right to oppose the war. However, I do not think anyone had the right to tell lies about atrocities, or to consort with the enemies of the United States while the war was still raging. If JFK had just protested and opposed the war, I would support his right to do so but still would not like him. Big difference there.
They crave the same respect.
And? And? And? How did they get that from you morons in San Francisco? Are you implying Kerry should apologize? Are you implying that Kerry should trump up THEIR service rather than his own? Are you just paying lip service because the Swifties 2nd ad was so devastating against you?
Does John Kerry still have the courage he exhibited after returning from Vietnam? If he does, and if he's elected, our troops will be out of Iraq by next February.
You are referring to the same "courage" *cough* that got the Viet Cong to turn back from agreeing to a peace treaty with us in 71 to end the war because they saw the sentiment in America turning their way.
That same "courage" got 3 million South Vietnamese murdered when we pulled out in 75, another 2.5 were murdered in the Killing Fields of Cambodia by the Communist Empire. Then there's the close to 2 million refugees fleeing those the SF Gate still doesn't want us to have stood up against.
I am pleased to see the hard Left engage us on this issue directly. The Swifties second ad is going to be the Left's downfall as they dig a deeper and deeper hole.
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