Posted on 09/19/2004 3:53:13 PM PDT by 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
Thanks, and WELCOME TO FREEREPUBLIC ya'll!!!
Good luck with the PJ patroling thing! *L*
VN was ahead of my time by some years, but I support all those on this board and the SBV's seeking truth, justice and a F'n apology!!!
One of the main reasons I fight so hard in this election...is that Black Granite Wall...and all the names of men who no longer have voices...except when we speak for them.
Those names on that wall do NOT deserve the final epitaph that Kerry would place there......"Babykiller".
He will be defeated....
redrock
Oh, my, you ARE stunning in PJs!....;)
Tonk, your badge should read Sheriff!!!
BTTT
Then...we bring him up on charges....give him a fair trial...and after he is found guilty of treason...place a rope around his neck..and let him dangle until he stops twitching.
But...that's just my opinion.
redrock
redrock
Jim Robinson is the Sheriff
I'll gladly pick up my late Dad's ruck!
You are right that it's time to hit back. Kerry gives us the perfect opportunity. But I don't know a soul alive who thought those accusations included more than a few men. It was not a generalization even with those who didn't support the war.
No! This election is dedicated to all the men and women who served valiantly and kept the faith in the Viet Nam War! Who came home and made a life that was so routine as to be ignored by the mainstream media! Who came home from war and served their country as did those of all of the wars before them! Who did what was needed and then did what was right!
In the end, we are fighting for each other!
Hey, Tonk! Cool snoop suit!
I think of my friend Rick and the thousands of others whose name is on that wall and how Kerry came home to belittle them and smear them.
I have all my life been taught not to hate anyone but Kerry brings it out in me. He is beneath contempt and I too will do anything (Legal) to see that he is defeated.
I never met Rick's widow nor his infant daughter. The daughter is a 38 year old woman now and probably has children of her own. I want to see Kerry defeated for them too.
If you noticed Rick was USNR. It pains me to see people running down branches of the military other than the one they served in. ALL vets served and some gave their all.
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