Kerry & his Vietnam Buddies

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Kerry & his Vietnam Buddies
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Thu, 07-29-2004 - 9:52am
A perspective from Vietnam Vets who served with Kerry. Few Swift Officers support him. "Of 19 Swift boat skippers pictured other than Kerry" in the photo the Kerry campaign featured in an advertisement released in May titled Lifetime. "11 consider him unfit, 4 are neutral, two have died, and 2 are working with the Kerry campaign. Four other officers were not present for the photo session; all oppose Kerry."

http://www.swiftvets.com/

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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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 2:41pm
Thank YOU! and Happy debating.....
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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 2:43pm

Some more views on this $87B...All from the house.gov website


"Washington D.C. ¤ Representative Mike Thompson (D-California) today called for more accountability in war spending for Iraq and Afghanistan as Congress moved to approve the President¡s request for an additional

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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 2:45pm
Funding our soldiers properly was an immediate need, we can't just leave them there and vote on this again next session. Maybe some domestic items needed to be delayed until a later date. While maybe these programs were in need of additional monies, none, IMHO, can claim the same urgency as our troops at war. As to #4, yes, those are greatly inflated prices, can you tell me, is this inflationary pricing to the government unique to Bush's administration (my understanding would be that it is nothing new). Was that an issue that really needed to take higher presidence over our soldiers needs? Since this vote, have those that raised this concern investigated these prices to get them in line so prices of items like cell phones and walkie talkies don't have to talk priority over our soldiers being appropriately funded?
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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 2:47pm
Once it's out of committee... once it's out on the floor and all attempts to amend it are over... it's an up and down vote for the troops... yes for no against... Kerry voted no.

Discussion prior to the final vote is great, it's good, it's appropriate... voting against funding our deployed troops... unforgivable... they're in a hostile situation and need support.

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Registered: 07-30-2004
Mon, 08-02-2004 - 2:51pm
Geees... if you think John Kerry is a fraud, I would love to know if you support Jane Fonda as an actress or watch her movies. You know, after what she did in Vietnam.
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Registered: 07-05-2003
Mon, 08-02-2004 - 2:56pm
I would hope Hanoi Jane doesn't plan on running for president...though I have to admit the crime of Barbarella should have been enough to permanently bar her from public office:)
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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 2:58pm

To you and truemobile, try reading the information.

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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 3:04pm
Do you really think Bush Sr. sat around his ranch and discussed CIA issues with his family? Common!!!!!!!! LOL How many of us really think Bush jr. remembers the 70's? Like the old saying goes if you remember you weren't there...I think Bush jr. was there.
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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 3:06pm
What I can't get over is,,,,These people think that the military hands purple hearts out like Reagan handed out "Jelly Beans".
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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 3:14pm
****If this is indeed the case, Kerry is guilty of cowardace, is guilty of fraud...****

So, if this turns out to be true and Kerry "guilty of cowardace", how do you explain Bush's military "No show" record? Ah, "guilty of cowardace". "Cowardice" is the correct spelling.

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