Peter Principles: The race to the Swift

A group calling itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth laid waste to John F. Kerry's presidential campaign. The Swifties, as they have become known, used a single television ad -- which initially aired in less than 2 percent of U.S. households -- to undercut the Democratic nominee's principal virtue: his record in Vietnam.

The group's activities brought attention to a period in Kerry's life that, well-known and apparently well-documented, had never really be subject to intense scrutiny; certainly not the level of scrutiny given to either President George W. Bush's record in the Texas Air National Guard or former Vice President Dan Quayle's time in the Indiana National Guard.

The group's latest ad charges that, "Even before Jane Fonda went to Hanoi to meet with the enemy and mock America, John Kerry secretly met with enemy leaders in Paris though we were still at war and Americans were being held in North Vietnamese prison camps."

The group has drawn the nexus that was long in the making -- that Kerry's inconsistency on the war in Iraq has an historical antecedent: his inconsistency on the war in Vietnam.

On the one hand, there is his record as a decorated war hero: a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, several Purple Hearts and the life of at least one U.S. solider saved in battle.

On the other, there is his record as the leader of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, the activities on which he based his rise to political prominence leading to a career in Massachusetts politics.

One of the more notable actions taken by Kerry was his 1971 appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in which he uttered his famous line about asking the last American solider "to die for a mistake."

"Kerry then brought up the Winter Soldier project, which he described as "an investigation at which more than 150 honorably discharged, and many very highly decorated, veterans testified to war crimes committed in Southeast Asia."

"What Kerry may not have known at the time, however, is that most of the participants in the so-called investigation, as later scholarship demonstrated, were not highly decorated veterans; in fact, many of them had never even been in Vietnam or in the U.S. military."

I have written for UPI on many occasions. I know their top editors. UPI has made a corporate decision to go against its larger rival, AP, and rock the boat against the MSM. This article is not an accident, and the decision to publish it was thoroughly vetted at the top levels of UPI.

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John Kerry directly contributed to the lies of the anti war movement AND caused deaths and injuries
to US Military serving in Vietnam AND
directly caused deaths from injuries at home AND countless suicides because of his false testimony.

John Kerry is not fit to be elected dog catcher let alone President of the United States.
ANYONE who votes for Kerry AFTER knowing this data
is guilty of covering up John Kerry's war crimes!

John Kerry, director of the Vietnam Veterans against the War,
testified before special session the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
April 22, 1971

KERRY GAVE TESTIMONY BASED UPON FALSE INFORMATION
THAT KERRY KNEW AHEAD OF TIME TO BE FALSE!

September 6, 2004 -- **BREAKING** In Yesterday's Lies: Steve Pitkin and the Winter Soldiers, Scott Swett tells the story of a former VVAW member and participant in the Winter Soldier Investigation who states that John Kerry and others pressured him to give false testimony about American atrocities in Vietnam. After more than 33 years, Pitkin is the first Winter Soldier "witness" to file a legal affadavit regarding that event...

My name is Steve Pitkin, age 20, from Baltimore. I served with the 9th Division from May of '69 until I was airvaced in July of '69. I'll testify about the beating of civilians and enemy personnel, destruction of villages, indiscriminate use of artillery, the general racism and the attitude of the American GI toward the Vietnamese. I will also talk about some of the problems of the GIs toward one another and the hassle with officers.

-- Steve Pitkin, Winter Soldier Investigation, February 1, 1971.

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Steve Pitkin Story

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Steve Pitkin Affadavit, August 31, 2004

http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=PitkinAff

Steve Pitkin DD-214

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Steve Pitkin WSI testimony

http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=PitkinWSI

Steve Pitkin WSI video clips -- February 1, 1971 (4:16, 1.6MB)

http://www.wintersoldier.com/video/pitkin2.wmv

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contributed to the lies of the anti war movement AND caused deaths and injuries to US Military serving in Vietnam AND

... as everyone seems to forget, several tens of thousands of South Vietnamese murdered after April 1975; nearly one million South Vietnamese incarcerated in reeducation camps in 3-year stints (some only recently getting out, others getting out quickly but crippled from communist torture); and nearly two million Cambodians killed or starved to death by Pol Pot after April 1975.

All of these directly attributable to the atmosphere created by John Kerry.

The 1.2 million South Vietnamese refugees who made it to American (most of whom are by now U.S. citizens) detest Kerry by 80 to 90 percent margins and regularly call him a "phan boi" or traitor in Vietnamese American newspapers.

I was shocked that it's UPI, but what main stream media outlet, paper, t.v. will actually carry it?

Small town papers. It might not be a bad move for UPI. Look at FOX ratings. Someone with half a brain, and that half not clouded by acrid liberal bile, can see there is an opportunity. What if our small town local papers had a news wire that fit their demographic?

Another titanic shift in media. Small town papers no longer relegated to covering a cat up a tree, rather once again become primary news and opinion sources.

Just a thought.

I was shocked that it's UPI, but what main stream media outlet, paper, t.v. will actually carry it?
Small town papers. It might not be a bad move for UPI. Look at FOX ratings. Someone with half a brain, and that half not clouded by acrid liberal bile, can see there is an opportunity. What if our small town local papers had a news wire that fit their demographic?

Another titanic shift in media. Small town papers no longer relegated to covering a cat up a tree, rather once again become primary news and opinion sources.

Just a thought.

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