I agree. Nobody could interview them at the time and they are irrelevant to the medal citiation anyway. Most of them could simply have hidden the whole time. It is clear that someone shot at the Swift Boats, then the boats opened up, and some/most hid in their bunkers.
Koppel said that the local villagers, except one, had no knowledge of Kerry's Presidential campaign and therefore implied that there is no bias to their account. Nonsense! These villagers lost relatives, houses and friends. It is perfectly natural to put out a story of fierce resistance when probably they were hiding in holes. They still live in Vietnam and they better follow the party line.
I really don't understand why we should even believe those voice overs. Who knows what those people really said. The MSM has absolutely no credibility. I really don't believe anything they say anymore.
Just replaying it in my mind ( I wish I had a vcr to record the thing ) another thing that just was too convenient was the VC guy saying he or they ( VC ) were shooting at the boats but not hitting anything. The "no hits" sounds like something that he must have been made aware of at some later date.
Exactly right. Ted Koppel just jumped the shark and is within spitting distance of Dan Rather.
Why was it important to get all of Elian's relatives out of the country simultaneously for interviews?
Why was it important to get all of Saddam's WMD scientists and family out of Iraq for interviews?
Because they live in totalitarian countries.
Yet Ted Koppel is pissed that O'Neill wouldn't let him play a Communist-stacked deck on the "kid in a loincloth" story in silence.
Hey Ted:
Got ice?