The reason we can be certain that he did NOT receive an "honorable discharge" originally is that if he did, there would have been no reason for his discharge to be updated to "honorable" as a result of an "order of the President" and a "review by a board of officers." The "order of the President" is specifically referenced to the general pardon that President Carter issued to those who ran to Canada, among others, on the first day after he was sworn into office.
Kerry's less than honorable discharge was probably due to his violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice for meeting with representatives of a government with which the US was at war (his admitted meetings with the Viet Cong and North Korean representatives in Paris) while he was still a member of the Naval Reserve. It is also a separate crime, after doing that, that Kerry did not report those meetings. It is too late for Kerry to be criminally prosecuted for these actions, but it is not too late to insist that he sign a Form 180 so the truth about these matters would come out.
Every veteran of the US military at any time and in any circumstance, needs to be made aware of these defects in Kerry's "I am a hero" claims. If this reaches them, even if the MSM seek to suppress the story, that should be enough to sink Kerry in the election.
Why so? Because veterans are in every city and town, every business, every civic association, every local community, and almost every every family, throughout the entire US. So if veterans know the truth, the people will know the truth. And then, the truth will prevail, regardless of what the MSM says, or does not say.
I think that's the fundamental dynamic of this election. And that, I think, will be the key to Kerry's defeat, rightfully so.
Congressman Billybob
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