"Yippie!!!! John Kerry is running for President!!!!"----(READ...BEFORE you ZOT!)

Lost in the Nevada Desert....... | 9/18/04 | redrock

[redrock]

"It's past midnite said Charles the grinning boy..."
Blue Oyster Cult

For over 30 years...Vietnam Veterans..(and let's be honest here...EVERY veteran is included in John Kerrys statements..as Viet Vets were TRAINED by Korean Veterans...by WWII Veterans..so they are implicated too.) have had a 900 pound gorilla on their backs. They have had the "Scarlet Letter" squarely placed on their foreheads...telling the world that they (in the world of John Kerry) are "..killers and rapists."

For the entire time we have had to live with the knowledge in our hearts that when we said we served in Vietnam...in the backs of peoples minds sprang the word..."babykiller...or rapist."

True, John Kerry did NOT start the movement that painted us as evil, but he did give it a solid base...he did make it a very real thing in some peoples minds.

More than anyone alive today...he made it legitimate to call us those things.

As he is quick to tell you (I can imagine him telling every waiter he finds)..he did serve in Vietnam...and for four long months at that. To the world at large him saying those things about us...made it real.Made it something that those who hate America could run with.

For over 30 years we have had to take the blows...the hits. And we have been hit time and time again. It is now a T.V. and Movie standard that we are all mental defectives...who spent our time in the military roasting small children...just for the fun of it. It is now a cultural standard that,somehow, all of those of us who served in Vietnam....became unhinged and just became plain killers.

But now....(Yippie!!)John Kerry is running for President.

Now John Kerry has placed, and continues to place, his hopes of becoming President on those four long months in Vietnam. He's a "Hero" don't ya know????

But, as is evidenced by the "Swift Boat" ads....it is now our time to fight back.

It is now our time to remember all of those times when we were spit on...or had blood thrown on the uniforms that we proudly wore....and give it back.

Now it is our time to hit back.

We're all older now, those who served in Vietnam, with gray or white hair in place of the blond or brown.

With bodies that are starting to find more than a few reasons NOT to go on that long hike in the mountains.

Some of us (and in this area I would have to include myself) are terrified of re-visiting those times. Afraid of the demons that we no longer feel strong enough to withstand.

..and yet...we have one more 'tour of duty'.(Thanks Tonk!!)

One more time we have to put on the uniform of our Nation and fight for what we believe in...for our families...for our Country.

...and we will KNOW when we have achieved Victory.

We will know when we have re-claimed that Honour that was denied us.

We will know when the 'Scarlet Letter' is removed from our foreheads.

That day will be when we see John Kerry lose this election...when we view him behind the podium for one last time...admitting defeat.

For on that day all that he has said and done will be plainly revealed (even to the idiot liberals) that all he as said and done was a lie.

Time to hit back.

Only a few more weeks on this 'tour of duty'.

redrock

[jamaly]

Thanks for a great post and thanks for your service to our country, both then and now. Let me assure you that you don't serve alone. My husband served in Viet Nam from 69 to 70 and didn't see our daughter until she was 5 months old. I know that he was no war criminal and that is not how I think of Viet Nam veterans. In fact, John Fraud Kerry is the only war criminal that I know. Just like you, my family and I will do all we can to defeat him.

[freedumb2003]

Thanks Chieftan!

I'll be back in touch as I get deeper into this.

[TEXOKIE]

bttt

[usmcobra]

No, Tonk's badge should read Master at Arms.

[Bullish]

HOOORAAAHHH!!

Let's go!

[KingNo155]

bump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lovergirl]

You who served were my friends, my classmates, my neighbors, you were the people I shared my childhood with.

May Kerry go straight to hell for the pain he put y'all through.




Agreed. Those of us who loved and married you also became Vets, (in a different way, of course). My Viet Vet was my hero and so are all of you. God Bless you all, and thank you for your service and what you went thru for us.

[Clintonfatigued]

Good, worthwhile posting.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Neil E. Wright]

Sign me up for this "last tour" Brother ... Neil E. Wright, RM2, USN (1969-1980) ... Not QUITE as fit as I was in '70 .... but I'm still (relatively) agile and mobile .... :)

and for our active duty Brothers and Sisters, here's a prayer for you ... one prayed at the start and end of every VetsCoR Board Meeting:
Dear Lord, watch over our Brothers and Sisters who remain in harms way, where ever they are around the globe. Grant them Thy blessing, that they be protected from harm, and may they be safely, and swiftly, returned to their loved ones. AMEN

±

"The Era of Osama lasted about an hour, from the time the first plane hit the tower to the moment the General Militia of Flight 93 reported for duty."
Toward FREEDOM

[alpha-8-25-02]

GODSPEED!
GODBLESS!
SEMPER FI!
We are still here and met just last night.
eod,k-9,grunts,and down to the WIRE,we will be proud and vote BUSH.!

[JulieRNR21]

Kerry betrayed all Vietnam Veterans by his false testimony in the Senate (1971) calling them 'war criminals', rapists & baby killers.

His words were used by the Viet Cong to torture American POWs to force them to sign confessions for acts they did not commit.

While in the Navy Reserves, Kerry and other VVAW went to Paris and negotiated with North Vietnamese leaders while Americans were dying in combat.

Kerry betrayed all Americans fighting in Vietnam.
Kerry is the:

Kerry is UNFIT FOR COMMAND!

Remember his betrayal when you vote on November 2, 2004.

[TASMANIANRED]

Pin the badge on your pajamas and Freep away.

[TASMANIANRED]

"type in my boxers" sorta guy,

Pin the badge on your waist band. You want to be official don't you.

[NYTexan]

:)

[epaul]

I agree totally on everyone's comments about kerry. I was draft age in 1972 and kerry's comments did sway my thinking. Being from a military family I wanted to join the air force but my eye sight wasn't good enough. In 1977 I joined the Army and spent 6 years active and 17 years with the Oklahoma National Guard much time spent with viet. vets.
Best group of guys anyone could serve with.

My thoughts on the swift vets ads. Could they also attack some of the main stream media from the 1970's(and now) also? From my memory they had more negative press on the war that influenced our parents and grandparents view on the war possibly even more then kerry's comments.

I know that there is only a couple of months to stop kerry and all efforts must go in that direction however maybe efforts to undercover the communist leanings of our media might do some good too.

[CholeraJoe]

Fire in the hole. Greetings from Canuckistan! My Blackberry doesn't do IRC.

Flyboy

[Eastbound]

Ready to 'fall in' on November 2nd. And whenever 'assembly' is needed.

[McGavin999]

Finally, at long last, all our vets will be home. Those who have lived in their own private hell for decades will be free at last.

The boil has been lanced and finally healing will begin.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!!