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The Last Battle of Vietnam
The American Thinker ^ | November 13th, 2004 | Russ Vaughn

Posted on 11/13/2004 12:04:13 PM PST by Horatio Gates

The Last Battle of Vietnam

It never occurred to me, ever before,
That our Navy would win the Vietnam War.
When they took to their boats in this year of elections,
With the mission of making some major corrections
I shared their belief, John should not be elected,
And their view overdue, truth should be resurrected.
Yet I questioned the course they’d set themselves for,
Knowing how John was loved by the media whore.

Ignored and dismissed by the media queens
Being shrewd, savvy sailors they still found the means
To reach out to the people, to open their eyes
To a phony John Kerry and his war story lies.
With their very first ad, they torpedoed his boat,
A Cambodian Christmas would no longer float.
His heroics unraveled, his stories fell flat,
Especially that one ‘bout his magical hat.

John called on his lawyers and media whores,
And threatened the Swiftees with vile legal wars.
But these warriors kept charging back into the fire,
And made the folks wonder, “Is Kerry a Liar?”
Till the question of whether he’s telling the truth
Was still in their minds in the election day booth.
So the brave Swiftees gave us what we’d not had before,
They gave us our victory in the Vietnam War.

Those brave, stalwart sailors, falsely labeled as liars,
Stood firm and stood tall, kept directing their fires,
Steadfast, unrelenting, they served once again,
And defeated John Kerry, these honorable men.
All Vets can take pride, yes all, not just some,
That we won the last battle of Vietnam.
It took far too long to bring an end to our war
But we did, November Second, Two Thousand Four.

To our Brothers, forever, on that long black Wall,
You’ve been vindicated now, one and all.

Russ Vaughn 2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division Vietnam 65-66

Russ Vaughn is the Poet Laureate of The American Thinker


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2004; kerry; kerrydefeat; patriot; poem; poetry; swiftboats; swiftboatvets; vietnam
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1 posted on 11/13/2004 12:04:13 PM PST by Horatio Gates
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To: mhking; ALOHA RONNIE; MeekOneGOP; JohnHuang2; nutmeg; Seadog Bytes; RonDog; NormsRevenge; ...

This great poem/ode to the Swift Vets needs some legs, bumps, and pings.


2 posted on 11/13/2004 12:18:43 PM PST by Grampa Dave (FNC/ABCNNBCBS & the MSM fishwraps are the Rathering Fraudcasters of America!)
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To: Chieftain; shotokan

CH for your ping list.


3 posted on 11/13/2004 12:20:31 PM PST by Grampa Dave (FNC/ABCNNBCBS & the MSM fishwraps are the Rathering Fraudcasters of America!)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; JulieRNR21; Cindy; Smartass; devolve; sweetliberty; shotokan

FYI and ping lists.


4 posted on 11/13/2004 12:25:32 PM PST by Grampa Dave (FNC/ABCNNBCBS & the MSM fishwraps are the Rathering Fraudcasters of America!)
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To: shotokan

one I got today:

think Mr. Kerry found that what goes around – COMES AROUND! Truth, Honor and the “American” way – sounds from our past.


Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

Bold John sailed forth in his faux scow,
Till the Swiftees fired across his bow;
And legions of irate attorneys,
Could not defend Cambodian journeys,
Nor stories of his fabled hat,
So voters sensed they smelled a rat.
And while the networks denied them prime,
The Swiftees surely got their time.

While John screamed it was all a smear,
O'Brien came across sincere,
And forced Big John to duck the press,
To run, to hide from his specious mess.
But relentless those old Swiftee guys,
They bit, hung on, exposed his lies.
These brave old warriors once again
Stood for their country, for their kin.

They made us all look one more time
At the traitor who'd charged them with crime,
And gave false witness to their deeds,
For nothing more than political needs.
It's a smear proclaimed the New York Times,
Those liars all committed crimes.
Chris Matthews raged, foamed at the mouth,
Still the turncoat's campaign headed south.

So the Swiftboat Veterans' charges stuck,
And made poor John a sitting duck.
He had no answers, no glib replies,
To cover up his treasonous lies;
That made us think, our minds aware,
The Swiftees had some truth in there;
What if he'd faked his combat valor,
Were all those medals tinged with pallor?

Dan Rather would not pay them heed,
But still the Swiftees made John bleed.
The mainstream pundits called them liars;
But no lefty slant could staunch these fires.
The blazes that these Swiftees set,
Were burning John Boy's ass you bet;
And those Swiftboat fires just burned away,
Till they fried John's ass on election day.

Now all you heroes on that Wall,
Take solace seeing Kerry fall.
This scheming "pol" who stained your name,
Has been denied his claim to fame.
The Swiftees stood and did their best,
Denied the traitor his life's quest.
You can rest in peace our honored kin,
Your honor restored by honorable men.

Russ Vaughn
2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division Vietnam
65-66


5 posted on 11/13/2004 12:27:00 PM PST by ArmyBratCutie ("Four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:soap, ballot, jury, ammo in this order!")
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To: shotokan

Bookmarked and BUMP


6 posted on 11/13/2004 12:30:13 PM PST by CedarDave (Served with pride alongside the Swifties, USCG patrol boat, Coastal Division 13, Viet Nam, 1967-68.)
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To: ArmyBratCutie

Vaughn is great. I've been a fan since I heard Rush mention americanthinker.com


7 posted on 11/13/2004 12:32:19 PM PST by Horatio Gates
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To: shotokan

Honorably-Discharged-Navy-Vet-66-67 *BUMP*


8 posted on 11/13/2004 12:35:46 PM PST by GoldCountryRedneck
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To: shotokan

Bump to the top!


9 posted on 11/13/2004 12:56:30 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: shotokan
Hear hear!

(Standing on chair, applauding!)

10 posted on 11/13/2004 12:59:21 PM PST by Bonaparte (twisting slowly, slowly in the wind...)
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To: shotokan

That was beautiful and moving. Thank you!


11 posted on 11/13/2004 1:00:53 PM PST by cubreporter
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To: Grampa Dave; shotokan; Alamo-Girl; onyx; ALOHA RONNIE; SpookBrat; Republican Wildcat; Howlin; ...
The Last Battle of Vietnam

This great poem/ode to the Swift Vets needs some legs, bumps, and pings.

Yeah. Way to go, Swiftboat Vets!


Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.


12 posted on 11/13/2004 1:01:45 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: MeekOneGOP

BUMP


13 posted on 11/13/2004 1:04:00 PM PST by international american (GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS! LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!!)
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To: shotokan

MSM still refuses to tell the real story about Hanoi Kerry!

ABC, AP, CBS, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, NBC, NY Times
is part of THE cover up of the election.

Do you wonder why the Left whines about the election results?

They still think Hanoi Kerry is a "war hero"

They don't know what a traitor he is!

And I don't know about you but
I'm sick and tired of the Right media saying
"what an honorable man Senator Kerry is"

Why isn't the Right all over Hanoi Kerry
to be impeached from the US Senate?

"In a bombshell development that could have turned President Bush's victory into a landslide
had it come out before the election, John Kerry wrote in his Vietnam war diary that
he met with "terrorists" in Paris - a revelation that "flabbergasted" his running mate John Edwards."

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/11/7/101350.shtml

And still the MSM,
ABC, AP, CBS, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, NBC, NY Times
hide the truth from America.

And still 99 US Senators refuse to impeach this traitor.

Timeline of John Kerry

http://www.archive-news.net/Kerry/JK_timeline.html

Hanoi Approved of Role Played By Kerry and VVAW

http://www.nysun.com/article/3756

The whole 42:09 Stolen Honor online FREE right now! E-mail it NOW!

Stolen Honor nails Kerry and the VVAW
and how they lied at Winter Soldier.
And how Kerry lied to the US Senate in 1971
And how Kerry and his pack of liars caused our POW's to suffer!

Kerry and the DNC cannot stop
EVERYONE on the internet from seeing this!

http://stolenhonor.com/documentary/watch-video.asp

EXPOSE HANOI KERRY!

Distribute these url's!

http://tonkin.spymac.net/hanoikerry1.html

There is a backup site
if the 1st url is unavailable.

http://stophanoikerry.150m.com/


14 posted on 11/13/2004 1:08:43 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Hanoi Jane and Hanoi Kerry sitting in a tree, sitting in a tree F-R-E-N-C-H-I-N-G)
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To: Grampa Dave

It's getting Pinged and Bumped by me. I loved it. He said it all. God Bless America and all who have Defended Her past, present, and the future to come.


15 posted on 11/13/2004 1:10:22 PM PST by JOE43270 (JOE43270 America voted and said we are One Nation Under God with Liberty and Justice for All.)
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To: JOE43270

MEN, BOYS, GIRLS, WOMEN, THIS IS A GREAT POEM!
Ping! Btttt! Bounce! - - -


16 posted on 11/13/2004 1:14:30 PM PST by Twinkie
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To: shotokan; .45MAN

***Bump***


17 posted on 11/13/2004 1:17:48 PM PST by dansangel (Thank you Veterans past and present!)
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To: Warrior Nurse; Taxman; Veritas et equitas ad Votum; krunkygirl; Dutchgirl; OXENinFLA; cyn; ...

Great poem worth sharing!


18 posted on 11/13/2004 1:22:08 PM PST by Chieftain (Thank you Swift Boat Veterans/POWs/Vietnam Veterans for Truth - you did it for ALL your brothers!)
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To: MeekOneGOP

BTTT


19 posted on 11/13/2004 1:25:47 PM PST by Aeronaut (This is no ordinary time. And George W. Bush is no ordinary leader." --George Pataki)
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To: Chieftain

Applause!


20 posted on 11/13/2004 1:35:14 PM PST by MEG33 ( Congratulations President Bush!..Thank you God. Four More Years!)
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