Posted on 10/21/2004 5:20:50 PM PDT by notkerry
For three years as a Military Police Lieutenant Colonel, I was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Army, Criminal Investigation Command, Washington DC. From Dec. 1971 to Jan. 1975 I was responsible for monitoring all war crime investigations conducted by the CID.
On Apr 22, 1971 Lieutenant (jg), John F. Kerry, USNR, testified to a Senate Committee concerning supposed war crime atrocities committed by U.S. Military Personnel. He claimed that we: raped; tortured; acted "in a fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan"; murdered 200,000 each year; and were "more guilty than any other body" of violating the Geneva Convention.
The U.S. Navy Criminal Investigative Service was tasked with investigating Lt Kerry’s allegations. They found them to be baseless. Privately Naval Investigators expressed outrage at the ridiculousness of the accusations. The origins of the charges were often from supposed veterans who were found to have never served in Vietnam. It was slander that demoralized our forces, eroded our resolve, and gave aid and comfort to our enemy.
The U.S. Army Criminal Investigators agreed with their Navy counterparts. With the exception of My Lai, exhaustive investigative effort found that: war crime violations were few; none rose to the level that Lt Kerry alleged occurred on a "day-to-day basis"; and never were committed "with the full knowledge of officers at all levels of command." As a field grade military police officer, I never heard of any war crimes committed by our forces during my two tours of duty in Vietnam. I did however have personal knowledge of many war crimes committed by our enemy -- horrible crimes committed as policy, but completely ignored by the hippie 60's anti-war protestors.
The very evening of Lt Kerry's address to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, NBC Nightly News revealed that Captain Al Hubbard, Executive Secretary of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War was a not wounded Air Force captain -- he was a Staff Sergeant E-5; he had a disability discharge resulting from a basketball injury; he never served in Vietnam; and was not a pilot who could have engaged in war crimes.
The Vietnamese communists cited the antiwar movement as a critical factor in their success. Commanding General Vo Nguyen Giap publicly credited it as "giving us hope to continue in the south..." and for setting conditions "resulting in the refusal of Congress to vote more aid to South Vietnam." Read Giap's book, "How We Won the War."
In the War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City, Kerry's picture hangs in a place of honor. It can be viewed among the great foreign "heroes of the Vietnamese Resistance." Benedict Arnold is not honored in the UK as much as John Kerry is honored in Vietnam.
As a Lieutenant, Kerry is honored for his contribution to the victory of the VC and NVA -- with that resume, consider his potential as our Commander-in-Chief, in our current war.
---------- James J. Reilley LTC USA (RET)
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I guess that lying was part of Captain Peachfuzz's plan.
Kerry has lied about more than anyone can keep track of. What else can you do when you are a TOTAL PHONY???
Kerry remains a traitor to his country, as well as a personal fraud. Nothing can change that.
This is a guy who stated that he believes "life begins at conception" yet has no moral compunction about allowing babies to be ripped limb from limb while they are half out of the birth canal. A despicable human being.
Even if I traditionally voted for Democrats, I could not bring myself to cast a ballot for this man. It would seem like such a slap in the face to all the Viet Nam vets who were not the criminals Kerry painted them to be.
Bump for later.
Hasn't changed his mode of operation in over 30 years. I'm still waiting for the REAL REASON why he didn't receive his honorable discharge until years after he should have received it. Can you say, "aiding the enemy in a time of war"?
I pray God spares us the bullet again as He did in 2,000.
I swear, Johnhammed al Qerry would be worse than Clintoilet.
Why isn't this out in the public for all to read?
The fact that we haven't seen this in the Old Media proves that they're not interested in truth; they only care about getting power for liberals. If you want to vote AGAINST the
mendacious, leftist press, vote Bush 2004!!!
bttt
PING!
Because the commies have managed to TAKE OVER mainstream media and even Hollyweird. Haven't you noticed? They're all supporting Kerry and his Komrades. This was just ONE of their goals in the Communist Manifesto. They've also managed to indoctrinate our children in public schools and colleges (another goal success). I HATE commies.
Go Bush/Cheney! Flush BOTH JOHNS November 2!!!
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Everything he does is motivated by personal gain and engrandizement. Truth is irrelevant.
I am aware of that, but there are some ediatorialists and others out there who are conservative who should be or should have picked this up and written on it.
BTW - I'm sure this is a dumb question, but did anyone just see the segment on O'Riley about the ministers who were talking about the Iraq was shouldn't have been fought? They are the only reason I was watching tonight to see what they had to say and they came across as liberal professors that didn't give any scriptures to back up their "feelings"
No. I haven't been watching O'Really lately. Maybe I'll watch the rerun tonite and check that out. Take care.
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