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If John Kerry had been elected President of the United States in November 2004, especially with the incoming majority Democrat Congress, it is highly likely that Iraq would be in the midst of a civil war, Iran’s regional influence would have increased, Israel would be in more jeopardy than it is now, two Supreme Court seats would be occupied by clones of John Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg instead of by John Roberts and Samuel Alito, judicial decisions would have given even more “rights” to enemy combatants, domestic entitlements and earmarks would have skyrocketed, the Bush tax cuts would be...

Honor to the Soldier, and Sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor also to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field, and serves, as he best can, the same cause - honor to him, only less than to him, who braves, for the common good, the storms of heaven and the storms of battle. -- President Abraham Lincoln, December 2, 1863 In 1971, a Vietnam veteran wrote a speech defending the honor of the servicemen and women who served in that war and its surrounding theaters of operation. He hoped to present it before Congress,...

Bruce Kesler will appear with J. D. Brooks on "5 Alive" at WHAW 980 AM for 30 minutes, followed by Scott Swett at 5:30. In 1971 Bruce founded Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace to counter John Kerry's Vietnam Veterans Against the War. That's the organization that put John O'Neill on the Dick Cavett Show to debate Kerry. Scott Swett is the primary author of WinterSoldier.com. Listen online.

August 02, 2004 JOHN KERRY, SELF-INVENTOR "Facts are stubborn things"--Alain René Le Sage John Kerry, our first true post-modern Presidential candidate, has created a narrative, call it the "prequel" to John Kerry, President. In this heroic story, our young John leaves his upper class childhood to go off fighting courageously in a war that his future rival for President avoided. John was a determined youth, dedicated to his country yet attuned to his future responsibility, so much so that he brought along a camera to record his battlefield exploits. In fact, in a brilliant post-modern gesture he may have actually...

John Kerry Does Not Speak For Vietnam Veterans By Bruce N. Kesler Aug 2, 2004 In April 1971, John Kerry and a small group of purported and real Vietnam veterans camped out in Washington to protest the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. They received extensive publicity to their vastly overblown charges of pervasive brutality and war crimes by U.S. forces. The antiwar Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Fulbright, featured Kerry at a televised hearing. This one-sided protest and publicity demoralized many citizens, and lastingly blackened the reputation and sacrifices of other Vietnam vets that made our reentry into peaceful...

Oh No! Vietnam Again? Shame On Us All... ---------- Most Americans wonder why we're wasting time debating John Kerry's military record from 35-years ago. In this dangerous time when the U.S. faces an enormous challenge in responding to a new world, comparable to that we faced post-World War II, we should instead be seriously debating the future and what is best to do now. I am a Marine Vietnam veteran, with a 4-year old son who is my life. I hugged him and cried on 9/11, and worry daily what the world will be that he enters. Who will lead...