Posted on 09/01/2004 1:37:12 AM PDT by kattracks
Col. Geo. "Bud" Day is one of America's most decorated living warriors. A Vietnam POW from 1967- 1973, he is the proud owner of a Medal of Honor.
Here is his letter to Joe Scarborough of MSNBC:
Dear Joe:
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 given "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 war hero 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"????? He obviously was running for political office in 1971.
Until Lt. John O' Neil, himself a Swiftboat commander, spoke out before the 1972 elections against Kerry's outright deceptions, there was no one from the Swiftboat scene that could contradict Kerry's self serving lies.
I was a POW of the Vietnamese in Hanoi in 1971, and I 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 their combat strategy.
While the Commies were hanging on, innumerable U.S. Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Air Foce 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. with our allies and supporters. His conduct also extended the imprisonment of the Vietnam Prisoners of War, 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.
My friend and roommate Senator John S. McCain denounced the Swiftboat video by John O'Neil. I have a different take on the Swiftboat tape and disagree with my good friend John.
John Kerry opened up his character as a war hero reporting for duty to the country 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 hero, and his band of brothers. John Kerry's character is not only fair game, it is the primary issue. He wants to use 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. When a witness perjures himself at trial, the judge notes that his testimony lacks credibility. Should we elect a known proven liar to lead us in wartime??
I draw a direct comparison of 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. Geo. "Bud" Day is one of America's most decorated living warriors. A Vietnam POW from 1967- 1973, he is the proud owner of a Medal of Honor. (USMC- USA- USAF- Attorney 1949-2004).
This letter should be sent to Fox News. Joe Scarborough is too busy licking Chris Matthews and the MSNBC liberal butts!!!
The Colonel must have noticed my tag line.
What's wrong with Joe? Also, how sickening can Ron Reagan get? Damn!
I guess you have not been watching the "turncoat's" show recently. He fits right in there with all the MSNBC failures!!! He does nothing but pander and kiss up to the low life liberals butts!!!
Gotta bump this!!!!!!
As O'Neill points out in the last chapters of Unfit For Command, Kerry met twice with the North Vietnamese delegation in Paris while a commissioned officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
Kerry supporters have tried to erase 1971 from Kerry's military record (the year of his most egregious VVAW and antiwar activities), but he was in fact in the USNR continuously from 1966 until 1978.
Can anyone speculate on the legal position of a U.S. military officer consulting with the enemy without authorization and during time of conflict? Is it treason?
I'd like to see the Swifties cover this in their next ad. Not quite the same but similar to Kerry conducting his own private diplomacy as a Presidential candidate.
Very powerful is right!
BUMP!
very powerful. of Kerry, I'm thinking, "he is a feather in the wind..."
Hanoi Boy would have America think he's Bud Day. Thank God for the Swifties!
Thank you for posting this. It seems to me that Kerry is still doing damage to our country and our military as he continues to bad mouth the President and the execution of the War on Terror. As I've watched, listened, and learned more about his life, it seems that there has been one focus--elevation of himself.
Is that really Ron Reagan, or is it the hamster that Kerry saved?
True heroes. Not afraid to take the heat, then or now (not that the hot air of the KerryContraption could compare to the heat of real combat).
I think the angle that needs to be pushed is the mistreatment of Vietnam war veterans.
The mistreatment of our Vietnam War Veterans is the most disgraceful period in our history. Kerry is the single person most directly and personally responsible for it. Every Veteran who was spit upon, was spit upon because of what John Kerry falsely said was happening in Vietnam. Every time our Veterans were called baby killers, it was because John Kerry gave them license to do so. John Kerry's perjured testimony is what turned the proper discussion of policy to the vicious attacks upon those carrying out that policy.
........John Kerry for President? Ridiculous. Unthinkable. Unbelievable. Outrageous.
Serious ouch for the kerry campaign ping.
And another large spike gets driven into sKerry's coffin.
If any of you have not read "Bud" Day's book - Return with Honor--you should. It is powerful and heartwrenching.
The torturers of Col Day LITERALLY crucified him---it took years of physical therapy before he could use his hands again.
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