Posted on 09/13/2004 6:11:53 AM PDT by buzzyboop
The unprecedented injustice inflicted on the Vietnam vets has always lain just under the surface, waiting for a chance to be uncovered. The feelings of betrayal had faded, but they were never resolved.
Over thirty years ago they put away their medals and their uniforms. They buried their anger and bitterness and moved on with their lives - and they waited.
Revisionists are trying to change history, claiming the returning Vietnam veterans didn't suffer all that much when they returned home. All that talk of being labeled animals has been exaggerated over the years. But the veterans know better. They were there.
On the radio last week, one man related that he had unpacked the uniform that he wore home from Vietnam all those years ago. It had not seen the light of day for over thirty years. He showed it to his children and grandchildren and, for the first time, spoke of the day that he returned home from war and was spat on, cursed at, and literally had to run a gauntlet of protesters who threw human waste and rotten fruit on him and his fellow vets. With the words "baby killers" ringing in his ears he was warned by laughing policemen not to retaliate or he would be arrested. So he ran. The able-bodied helped the wounded as they do on any battlefield because those on crutches or in wheelchairs were not spared the profanity and bags full of feces that were thrown at them by the raging anti-war protesters.
This now middle-aged vet went on to tell his family that he had hid in the bathroom at the airport for over two hours, bewildered and afraid. He wondered if he had landed in some foreign land where Americans were hated. Finally, he cleaned up the uniform he was still proud to wear as best he could and made his way to his plane, where he suffered more insults from the passengers. When he got home, he packed up his medals and his dirty uniform, just as it was, and he knew that one day, he would take it out again and he would have his say. That day has come.
One POW stated that he had never put a face to the name until he heard the words "Genghis Khan" pronounced only as John Kerry does and suffered his first flashback to the time he was being tormented by Kerry's words in a North Vietnamese prison camp.
They buried their anger and the bitterness - and they waited. Most of them didn't know who or what would be the signal to make their move, but they knew they would recognize it when it happened.
On July 29, 2004, it happened. John Forbes Kerry came to the podium at the Democratic Convention and uttered three words that made many Vietnam vets skin crawl: "Reporting for Duty!" At last the time had come for these long-suffering veterans.
The past was staring back at these wrongly disgraced vets from their television sets. The face it bore was that of John Kerry, the man who had shredded their honor without a thought and climbed over the bodies of their fallen friends to launch a political career. Kerry had stripped them of their dignity the day he sat before Congress in his fatigues and portrayed them as "baby killers" and "murderers."
Kerry did the unspeakable. He had publicly turned on his fellow vets while they were still in harm's way and American prisoners were still in the hands of the enemy. Kerry accused them of being out-of-control animals, killing, raping, and pillaging Vietnam at will. The anti-war movement - the protesters - had their hero and he was a Vietnam War veteran, an officer, a medal winner, a wounded warrior: John Forbes Kerry.
Many Vietnam vets buried the memories of their less-than-welcome homecoming, and John Kerry moved off the national scene. The feelings of betrayal had faded, but they were never resolved. The unprecedented injustice inflicted on the Vietnam vets has always lain just under the surface, waiting for a chance to be uncovered. The war had stolen their youth and innocence and John Kerry stole their dignity and rightful place of honor in history.
Like an unlanced boil, the anger festered but there was nothing that could ease the pain. These vets didn't ask for "forgiveness" because they had done nothing wrong in serving their country. They never asked to be treated as heroes, just good soldiers. All they have ever wanted was the respect due all the men and women who have worn the uniform of this country. Being allowed to march in a few parades wasn't enough. A long over-due memorial was not enough. The Vietnam Veterans moveable wall only brought back the suffering as they searched for the names of their fallen friends whose memory had been defiled and disgraced by people who considered them rampaging killers instead of men who died with honor for their country.
Now before them stands this man who would be president - this man who holds his service in Vietnam up as a badge of honor now that it suits his purposes. This man Kerry brags about his medals and his tiny wounds and demands the respect they were denied, yet he offers no apologies for what he did to them. "I will be a great leader!" Kerry proclaims, because of his brief and self-proclaimed valiant service while wearing a uniform - the very same uniform that they wore and were spat upon because of it.
All across America, soiled uniforms and memories of being shamed and humiliated have surfaced and Vietnam vets demand their rightful place in history. John Kerry seems bewildered by the reaction of his "fellow vets." He has become defensive and angry because now his service and honor are being questioned. Kerry seems oblivious to the pain he caused three decades ago [when] he stole all honor and dignity from those same "fellow vets" for personal gain. Now he wants to use them again, for the same reason.
All across America, Vietnam vets are smiling. At last, perhaps they can bury their demons. These angry vets are demanding that this man who sentenced them to being shunned as criminals, tell the world that he was wrong and that he is sorry for what he did to them. Kerry must admit that he lied about them.
For many, it would still not be enough. Satisfaction and hopefully peace will come when Vietnam vets see and hear John F. Kerry give his concession speech the night of November 2, 2004 with the knowledge that it was their votes that helped defeat him. There are approximately 2.5 million Vietnam veterans in America and they have not forgotten.
Kerry denied them their rightful place as heroes and they will deny him his dream of the presidency. Angry Vietnam veterans, silent for so long, will finally have their say. Payment in full will be delivered to John Kerry on November 2, 2004.
Revenge is indeed a dish best served cold.
NICE tagline!
I thought he was
John Francois Kerry?
HAHA!
Welcome home to you as well...this is a great year for me...after the 8 years of hell watching the toons climb their stairway to fame and fortune, it's good to watch kerry getting trumped by his own stupidity!
Coffee break is over...back on your heads...ROFLMAO
LOL!
You've heard it.
I'd rather give them an EX-LAX break and have THEM add to THEIR OWN misery...as they did to others.
He can be whatever you want him to be!
BTT
No, the scum bag's name is john FORGERY kerry.
Or as my neighbor says, "John F**KSTICK Kerry!"
And the extra bonus will be he will lose his Senate seat next time.
When is kerry up for reelection in the senate?
Did he think that he was just going to walk away from what he did to those men? That they were going to just lay down for it all. Did he think combat vets were going to be easily intimidated? How stupid can one man be?
Pay backs a bitch!
We have people all over the world trying to get here because we don't require connections, money or even an education for a person to make a good life for themselves and their families.....the europeans hate us for it and the middle east knows that if the squalor of their region ever get an even playing field, ie: democratic freedom, then these small minded losers that are in charge of the mosques and kindoms will lose control of everything because the people will realize they don't need them anymore to get ahead.
Our citizens are better people then any of them are.......and they know it. We are more generous and we give our life freely so that others may live free. We may not be perfect as a country but we offer one thing none of the others does.......it's called opportunity!
God bless America and all those who have served our country or given their lives so that the rest of us can be free!
I've never in over 30 years talked to a vet that said they were spit on. I think it's a myth.
My heart is bursting with gladness at those beautiful word, and my very soul is longing for them to be fulfilled! Hasten the time, O God my Great King, when Kerry the Elitest will be humiliated by being denied what he thinks he is entitled to; make him drink that bitter Cup of Defeat down to the very last drop! Let it be, my Savior, amen.
"Do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold? It is very cold...in space."
- Khan (Ricardo Montalban) From Start Tek II, The Wrath of Khan
And for those who are on the Wall, like my cousin, I will not forget for him.
We should no longer refer to him as John Francois Kerry, or John F'n Kerry, or The Poodle or any of these other silly names. It's time to get serious. I've got the proper new name for him. "Soldier Killer".
Paul
My uncle was. He was spit on and called a baby killer. He found out that Kerry was elected for Senate and decided that it was time to polish off his guns and uniform to go to Washington before his wife calmed him down. Don't disgrace the memory of my uncle or any other Vet by playing that junk.
I have a higher opinion of the vets of my generation and think they would have kicked the butts of any cowardly war protestor that tried.
My point was that every time I hear this story, it's from someone that knows someone it happened to. Did your Uncle actually tell you this personally? You actually heard those words come out of his mouth?
Yes. I heard that from my uncle's mouth. After a heavy night drinking and sitting there talking to his 14 year old nephew with tears streaming down his face telling me to never let it happen again.
Soldier Killer cost the lives of nearly 10,000 Americans, and the hearts and souls of countless others who came home to hatred and despair because of his treasonous acts. I cannot bear the fact that at least 40% of this country is so duped by our main stream media that they would consider voting for that monster.
Paul
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