Posted on 02/08/2005 2:23:10 PM PST by gopwinsin04
In February, the ultimate obediant soliders, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and POW's for Truth will recieve the 'Courage Under Fire' at a banquet hosted by the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Former US Senator Zell Miller, who was tapped to present this honor, said of the group, 'They performed an invaluable service to America..these veterans took a lot of undeserved criticism for daring to speak the truth.'
This bizarre notion, and the fact that the Swift Boat Vets have been embraced by the Republicans and perhaps a significant percentage of the electorate, does not bode well for the cause of ethical warfare.
Kerry was targeted not because of what he did in Vietnam, but for what he did afterwords. He had the audacity to testify in front of the US Senate in 1971 because he thought shooting women and children and burning villages to the ground qualified as war crimes.
Kerry believed that morality is an essential part of being a good soldier, and morality trumps the idea of loyalty and obediance by way of silence. In fact, this 'ideal' may have cost him the presdiency.
So the long war of John Kerry continues. We are still in the grip, as Kerry said in his testimony of more than 30 years ago, of 'John Wayne' syndrome, masculinity and patriotism through brutality and racism.
Safeguarding freedom, justice and the protection of innocent civilians apparently are not ideas that become ingrained in the hearts and minds of many recruits. Only time will tell if the good soldiers have lost the battle or the war.
(Excerpt) Read more at interventionmag.com ...
Need a new keyboard now...
I love that pic!
Mr. Kerry will be teaching "Story Fabrication 101" to our young soldiers.
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Did I miss something, or didn't Kerry openly admit to being a war criminal on the stand to Congress and the whole world in 1971?
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Damn you! Damn you and your racist FACTS!!!
Nice spin: Kerry is so very uber-moral that it cost him the election. A veritable victim of his own superior moral compass.
Anyone have a barf bag handy?
Like shooting someone in the back? Or like researching the lives of your accusers and having them prnted on the front page of the Times as humiliation tactics? Or producing falsified documents to besmirch the President's character? Is this Horse's Wazoo serious?
This author seems to be forgetting the whole 'Christmas in Cambodia' episode as well..
Perfect, perfect picture!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! I guess war crimes and gun running to our enemies is a part of that morality.
I've heard it all now, Skerry is 'too ethical' to be in the Oval Office.
he thought shooting women and children and burning villages to the ground qualified as war crimes.
He should have thought of that before he did those things.
It's hard to take someone seriously who cannot spell 'obedient' or 'obedience'.
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If Kerry is so moral, and has nothing to hide, why hasn't he signed the 180.
Not entirely. It was while he was in Vietnam - those long, long four months - that he falsely claimed to be entitled to three Purple Hearts, shot an unarmed, nearly naked boy in the back and staged fake battle scenes to film with his Super 8 movie camera for use in future political races.
He had the audacity to testify in front of the US Senate in 1971 because he thought shooting women and children and burning villages to the ground qualified as war crimes.
Pardon me, sycophant, but he testified falsely about all those things. None of the men who served alongside him ever saw any of the atrocities he claimed happened on a regular basis.
Bleah, we're seeing too much stuff from this "intervention mag" source. What a load of tripe.
This is a preview of the new Dean/DNC spin, phraseology like 'ethical warfare,' a subtle way to undermine the war effort and get politcal shots in at the same time..
This is the 2nd crappy article I've seen from this same nutty magazine. Can we just stop posting crap from these morons.
Why can't Kerry just go back to what he did before the election...nothing?
This guy is psychologically unfit to be anywhere near the White House.
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