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Posted on 09/11/2004 12:37:36 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
WASHINGTON -- On Nov. 21, 1969, John F. Kerry made a crucial decision: He wanted to leave active duty in the Navy in order to run for Congress.
"Because various political figures have advised that I move quickly to establish my organization, I respectfully request that I be released from active duty as soon as possible," Kerry, who was serving as an aide to an admiral in Brooklyn, wrote in a memo.
Kerry won early release and was transferred to the Naval Reserve, which the Kerry presidential campaign says required that Kerry do no more than report his whereabouts in case of an emergency call-up. In the past, Kerry has estimated he shaved between two and five months from his active duty; this week, a campaign spokesman said it saved about six weeks.
With the revival of questions about whether President Bush fulfilled his National Guard duty, some of Kerry's critics have begun to focus on what Kerry did in the Naval Reserve, asking why he hasn't released records of his reserve service. The Kerry campaign says that he was on inactive status at the time and did not have to appear for Naval Reserve duty.
"He had no obligation," Kerry spokesman Michael Meehan said.
"The only obligation was that he inform the Navy where he could be reached."....................
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
I have no problem with the story. Unfortunately, there have been many reports, including on FR, that Kerry missed drills, etc. This is an easy charge to counter as Kranish did. However, there is a question about what Kerry did while in a reserve status, including meeting with the Vietnamese Communists in Paris at least twice. He also attended the infamous meeting in Kansas City as a member of the VVAW and discussed the assassination of US political leaders.
No, I believe (and, in the absence of honesty from the anti-American candidate and FREE to hypothesize) that the Navy was so pi**ed at Kerry's treason that they court martialed him, maybe not for treason, but for something they could easily prove, faking reports, homosexual activity, boinking some honey in Cam Ranh Bay who was a Viet Cong spy, and so on.
If Kerry has nothing terrible and evil to hide, then was is he hiding it?
You made me spill my coffee! Laughing out Loud, thanks.
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Don't create distraction that can be refuted easily, letting the dems attention wander off of the forgeries and SBVs.
Please leave the issues about military affairs to the military experts around here and stop trying to second guess it. Doing just this is exactly how the DNC got itself in a wringer.
After 2 years active duty I served 4 years in the INACTIVE ready reserve and was honorably discharged Sept. 16, 1966. In the INACTIVE ready reserve there were no meetings, no drills, nothing. I never wore a uniform or got near a training site in that time. But as a ready reservist was subject to recall to active duty which almost happened during the Cuban Missle Crisis. Also I was an enlisted man (E-3 at discharge), not an officer.
Your memorial page is wonderful. I have spent this morning alternately praying, weeping, and Freeping. It helps to belong to the community of Free Republic.
Well then my work is done here!
Beam me up, Scotti!
Stay Strong,
Fuzzy122
Thank you. You are very kind. And God bless you.
Never forget that you - WE are never alone!
Stay Strong,
Fuzzy122
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