Posted on 09/18/2004 1:10:28 PM PDT by wagglebee
(AgapePress) - A former Air Force pilot who spent almost eight years in a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp says John Kerry's anti-war activities helped extend the amount of time he was incarcerated by the Communists -- and encouraged the Communist regime to prolong the war.
Smitty Harris, who now resides in Tupelo, Mississippi, is one of 17 former POWs who was interviewed for Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal, a video that investigates how John Kerry's actions during the Vietnam War impacted the treatment of American soldiers and POWs. Their combined time spent in prison during the war amounts to more than 109 years. Harris, who was a POW from April 1965 to February 1973, says he has come forward to tell his story now because he does not think the Massachusetts senator should be America's next Commander-in-Chief.
The Democratic presidential hopeful, says Harris, "helped extend my incarceration in North Vietnam" through his well-documented anti-war activities made after returning stateside. "I would label him, personally, as a traitor," the former POW adds.
Kerry has made his service in Vietnam the leitmotif of his presidential campaign -- to which Harris responds: "People say, 'Well, he served in Vietnam, honorably, got all those medals.' Well, that's questionable -- but let's take it on face value that he did. So did Benedict Arnold, the great general."
And like his comrades who appear in Stolen Honor, Harris says Kerry made things very difficult for Americans staying at "The Hanoi Hilton."
"[Kerry] was still in the inactive reserve when he was making those libelous statements to Congress in April of 1971. That's enough for a court martial right then and there,." Harris shares. "And his dealing with the enemy, Madame Vinh in Paris, while we were still at war and while he was still a member of the armed forces, was also traitorous."
It is that testimony before Congress that Harris claims gave the enemy the confidence that they could ultimately win the war. "They had a long history of just wearing out any foreign forces, but they were just given more encouragement by people like John Kerry," he says.
Harris credits Kerry with having more impact on prolonging the war -- and giving aid to the enemy -- than even "Hanoi Jane" Fonda and former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. He says his captors "virtually told" the prisoners the North Vietnamese could not match the military might of the U.S., but that "they would win the war because they would win it in the streets of the United States."
"He had probably more impact than anyone else that I can imagine ...on prolonging the war and giving encouragement to our communist enemies to continue their struggle," Harris says.
The 45-minute documentary Stolen Honor, released on Thursday, features a group of highly decorated veterans, two of whom are Medal of Honor recipients. It was produced by Carlton Sherwood, himself a decorated Vietnam veteran as well as a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
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well Benedict Arnold did prove his valor and was highly admired by Washington. Four months in Nam with some questionable medals is not as inspiring as Arnold's achievements. However the treason is similar...the shoe fits.
Besides Benedict Arnold, other genuine military heroes were Tim Mcveigh and Adolf Hitler.
Then, because he didn't get what he felt he deserved from Congress, he chose to turn traitor to the entire cause and sought to sell out the significant fortifications at West Point in an effort to give the British such an unassailable advantage as to have them win the war. Luckily, his treasonous design was found out and foiled.
Because it was such an unbelievable turn...his name will (and should) forever be synonymous with traitor and treason...the only worse one I can think of is Judas.
Now, Kerry was not a hero like this at all IMHO...but he did come home from fighting and turn traitor to the cause and in that way became similar to Arnold.
I agree completely. His trips to Paris are enough to convince me.
As a reserve naval officer no less. The guy should have been keel hauled.
And then hung from a yard arm.
The only problem is that a very large % of the elite lunatic left of Kerry's age plus or minus 10 years, hates America and our military as much as Kerry does.
If Kerry admits to being a traitor or is finally nailed as the traitor he was. That will be the beginning of the end of the elite lunatic lefties in control of the DNC. ABCNNBC BS, most of the newspapers in America, 99% of the professors and deans at our colleges/universities and a very large % of our clergy hate America as much as Kerry does.
So, if he takes the fall for his treason, he will take millions of elite lunatic rats with him. They will do anything to prevent that from happening.
Another milestone on the road to CW2.
"Another milestone on the road to CW2."
Actually, we have been in CW2 since the lunatic left defeated our military in Nam and turned our vets in icons of hate.
Most people never realized that WWIII was with the USSR, Red China and their various agent countries. Like most people don't realize that we are in WWIV with the Islamofascists.
We win or lost this CW by keeping the rats out of power at the National to the local levels, maiming their pr weapon, the MSM and sending their elites to jail for crimes they have committed and got by with since the late 1960's/70's.
Most of them are cowards. So they fight this Civil War with lies/mantras with their left wing MSM, bad laws from their politicians, high taxes on the the producers, and bad judges who make law instead of interperting it.
Keep them out of power and destroy the credibility of the MSM, and we will win CWII that started during the Nam Years. Of course our second amendment rights will help us to keep them out of power and to disable their Weapon of MASS Disruption, the MSM. Not by firing a single bullet, but protecting our first amendment rights and voting rights.
I agree with every word. For now, we're in a "Cold Civil War." For now.
"I agree with every word. For now, we're in a "Cold Civil War." For now."
Great description of what we have been in for about 4 decades, the "Cold Civil War"!
You do not walk alone -
I'm beginning to believe there are a lot more people in this nation, besides the ones here, who want the same things but since the voices are ignored by the media and congress and the silent majority "never" comes out to show their feelings - the truth will remain hidden. I'm still trying to get over the fact that the Senate let us down - as I believe the Senate did just the reverse of what the people wanted - and that was to throw Clinton out! In other words, I wish there was a way to actually show our numbers - I'd be willing to bet the total is a lot higher than we are led to believe.
Take care now -
I found the name of the group we were discussing a while ago.
Go to this link, then item 14.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1211053/posts
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