It was just on here in Phoenix, AZ
Hi Friends and Fam,
After this I won't bug you with any more election stuff, but the film "Stolen Honor" which the Kerry campaign has tried to suppress by lawsuit and intimidation, will finally air Sunday night, 11pm local time, in most of the US.
In 1971, it was certainly John Kerry's right to embark on an anti-Vietnam War crusade. I marched against the war myself, before Kerry did, and before I was drafted and ended up as a medic. But Kerry's tactic was to smear the Vietnam veterans as war criminals. Teaming up with "Captain" Al Riddle (later shown to have been a phoney who was never in Vietnam) and Jane Fonda, he claimed that pretty much everyone was involved in war crimes. Using his money and powerful political connections, he promoted the slander that many soldiers were involved in rape, torture, murder, cutting off of ears and hands and heads.
When the returning vets came home, There were few welcomes, but lots of cold stares, cold shoulders and cold hearts. The image of the deranged Vietnam vet was a common theme in popular TV and movies. There are a large number of Vets that have struggled to get past this. In 1988, Jane Fonda had the grace to apologize for the reputations that had been damaged and to the families that had been hurt.
But John Kerry has never apologized. Many Americans seem puzzled about what's eating the "Swift Boat Vets," but it's all pretty simple. Kerry spent his unusually brief tour of duty in Vietnam (4 months, vs. 12-24 for most of them) with the Swifties. So the charges were especially directly against them. They were enraged back then, and now they see that their Great Accuser wants to be their President and they are mad all over again.
You can see "Stolen Honor," Sunday night , (11pm local in most cases) on :
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