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  • John Kerry Flashback: The MIA Sellout (1993 Story)

    02/05/2004 11:20:42 PM PST · by jmstein7 · 7 replies · 179+ views
    The American Spectator | December, 1993 | John Corry
    The POW-MIA story is changing. Once it was about missing servicemen, but now it is about finance. A New York Times story about American business leaders meeting with a high Vietnamese official -- "They gave him several standing ovations" -- also notes that veterans groups picketed the hotel where the meeting was held. Meanwhile, a Washington Post editorial declares that "American businessmen have now joined the many citizens" who want to end the Vietnamese trade embargo. Only the fear of offending MIA families, the Post says, keeps the embargo in place. Time magazine, examining the charge that Ron Brown asked...