Kerry & his Vietnam Buddies
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| Thu, 07-29-2004 - 9:52am |
Senator John Kerry has made his 4-month combat tour in Vietnam the centerpiece of his bid for the Presidency. His campaign jets a handful of veterans around the country, and trots them out at public appearances to sing his praises. John Kerry wants us to believe that these men represent all those he calls his "band of brothers."
But most combat veterans who served with John Kerry in Vietnam see him in a very different light.
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has been formed to counter the false "war crimes" charges John Kerry repeatedly made against Vietnam veterans who served in our units and elsewhere, and to accurately portray Kerry's brief tour in Vietnam as a junior grade Lieutenant. We speak from personal experience -- our group includes men who served beside Kerry in combat as well as his commanders. Though we come from different backgrounds and hold varying political opinions, we agree on one thing: John Kerry misrepresented his record and ours in Vietnam and therefore exhibits serious flaws in character and lacks the potential to lead.
We regret the need to do this. Most Swift boat veterans would like nothing better than to support one of our own for America's highest office, regardless of whether he was running as a Democrat or a Republican. However, Kerry's phony war crimes charges, his exaggerated claims about his own service in Vietnam, and his deliberate misrepresentation of the nature and effectiveness of Swift boat operations compels us to step forward.
For more than thirty years, most Vietnam veterans kept silent as we were maligned as misfits, addicts, and baby killers. Now that a key creator of that poisonous image is seeking the Presidency we have resolved to end our silence.
The time has come to set the record straight.
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I read about it in a newspaper article a while back.....didnt save it though.
http://www.johnkerrymn.com/mnvets.htm
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=4693&link_name=Veterans+United+For+Kerry&my_url=http%3A//www.veteransunitedforkerry.com
http://www.vaiw.org/vet/index.php?POSTNUKESID=83eeec5a53e0f522216b34ad0dcd2f43
Here is also some good reading by Ted Sampley, that I am sure you will just enjoy and get into. He is a veteran who goes after Kerry and McCain, saying both are liars and greedy and that both are responsible for "burying the MIA/POW's"...
http://www.usvetdsp.com/ker_keating.htm
Yeah, we got yet more people dug up to discredit Kerry (Still waiting for someone in Alabama to even acknowledge Bush's very existance!) when one thing is very clear:
Kerry bled for this country.
Kerry killed for this country.
Compared to someone who used his family name to skip DUTY and didn't wake up until age 40, I don't think the record can be 'Straightned out' much more.
Quit running your mouths and start running the country!
http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.com
http://www.vetsagainstkerry.org/
http://www.vnsfvetakerry.com/
http://www.usvetdsp.com/
http://www.powmiafamiliesagainstjohnkerry.com/
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