Posted on 09/23/2004 7:14:23 AM PDT by crushelits
The North Vietnamese general in charge of the military campaign that finally drove the U.S. out of South Vietnam in 1975 credited a group led by Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry with helping him achieve victory.
In his 1985 memoir about the war, Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap wrote that if it weren't for organizations like Kerry's Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Hanoi would have surrendered to the U.S. - according to Fox News Channel war historian Oliver North.
That's why, he predicted on Tuesday, the Vietnam War issue "is going to blow up in Kerry's face."
"People are going to remember Gen. Giap saying if it weren't for these guys [Kerry's group], we would have lost," North told radio host Sean Hannity.
"The Vietnam Veterans Against the War encouraged people to desert, encouraged people to mutiny - some used what they wrote to justify fragging officers," noted the former Marine lieutenant colonel, who earned two purple hearts in Vietnam.
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Hanoi Jane and Hanoi John are both war heroes. The only problem is that they are heroes to the other side, not us. Hanoi John is doing it again. He is campaigning against the US war effort. This is subversion if not treason. Screw you Hanoi Boy.
Much more on this topic here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=giap&j1=and&p1=kerry
Now, if only Col. North could be prevailed upon to devote a "War Stories" to Stolen Honor . . .
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