Posted on 05/28/2006 6:37:54 AM PDT by namvet66
John Kerry starts by showing the entry in a log he kept from 1969: "Feb 12: 0800 run to Cambodia." Graphic: Kerry's New Evidence He moves on to the photographs: his boat leaving the base at Ha Tien, Vietnam; the harbor; the mountains fading frame by frame as the boat heads north; the special operations team the boat was ferrying across the border; the men reading maps and setting off flares. "They gave me a hat," Mr. Kerry says. "I have the hat to this day," he declares, rising to pull it from his briefcase. "I have the hat." Three decades after the Vietnam War and nearly two years after Mr. Kerry's failed presidential bid, most Americans have probably forgotten why it ever mattered whether he went to Cambodia or that the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth accused him of making it all up, saying he was dishonest and lacked patriotism. But among those who were on the front lines of the 2004 campaign, the battle over Mr. Kerry's wartime service continues, out of the limelight but in some ways more heatedly — because unlike then, Mr. Kerry has fully engaged in the fight. Only those on Mr. Kerry's side, however, have gathered new evidence to support their case.
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Well The "Snake" is back--with a vengeance, it would appear and how "sweet it is."
Many of us Nam Vets (in addition to our SwiftBoat Band of Brothers--the "real" ones) worked dilligently to help expose this phony, fraud, traitor and we would like nothing more than to put (figuratively speaking, of course) a stake through his (the VVAW and all of his/their comrades') hearts, once and for all. This may be our chance.
Of interest, is this author's remark: "Mr. Kerry has signed forms authorizing the Navy to release his record — something he resisted during the campaign — and hired a researcher to comb the naval archives in Washington for records that could pinpoint his whereabouts during dates of the incidents in dispute."
Same-o, Same-o.
Of course he's "signed it." Question is, had he "submitted it?" Or is his complete record floating around out there and I just have somehow, missed it?
2 years and how much of tah-ray-sa's money to finally find some of their own "facts"?
Even the Washington Post proved that he ran under fire, and only rescued his own guy, the one that he had dumped when Kerry squirted his drawers and fled the fight.
Kerry starts off with a lie. He always has claimed that he went to Cambodia on Christmas 1968, an event that was "seared, seared" into his memory. Also, wasn't Schachte Kerry's commanding officer, it appears for this article he was just another crewmember. Just more NYT bias at work.
Hey Kerry...put the damn form out for all to see, you louse coward.
did he ever sign the release form?
Boston Globe has it under armed guard.
There is no evidence that any naval craft were used after the early 60s to infiltrate into either Cambodia or Laos. All cross border operations during the time Kerry was in Vietnam were under the authority of MACV SOG. In the case of where Kerry was operating, it would have been an organization known as Command and Control South (CCS) based out of Ban Me Thout. H-34 helicopters were the primary vehicle used for insertions. Occasionally Hueys would be used.
The orders would have to have come through Kerry's chain of command, especially since the Army ran the cross border operations, and a request for support would have had to go from the CO CCS through MACVSOG to IV Corps and ultimately to the Navy commander in the area.
All cross border operations during that time required a top secret security clearance, and all insertion vehicles, weapons and soldiers had all identification removed. Weapons even had serial numbers removed. This was to ensure deniability.
Keyy watched Apocolypse Now one too many times....
Mr Kerry protests too much...
Kerry was in Viet Nam?
Who knew?
The more terrifying thing is that I'm starting to believe that he actually believes it.
And this Liberal lunatic was actually in the race.
Vote R.
My understanding is that he did in fact authorize the release of his records, but consistent with the slim that drips from this man, he released them only to a third party who in turn has released only selected portions to the public. He is unwilling to reveal the truth about his brief military service.
also posted at:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639360/posts
Hey, Skerry! we have long memories and lots of hard dive space...
It is in the office next to Rep Jefferson safe from the Justice Department and citizens
Imagine if George Bush had been caught saying THIS on the campaign trail about HIS adversary...
http://www.liveshot.cc/Audio/Most%20Crooked%20Lying%20Group.mp3
His 1970 Paris trip needs to be hammered. Meeting with the leaders of the people you are at war with, and without authorization, should have sent him to prison..
Hey, Kerry, can you pull your signed 180 out of that hat and show it to all of us?
They need someone the IQ 50 and below crowd can relate to.
LLS
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