Kerry lied to get purple heart?
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| Tue, 08-10-2004 - 5:33pm |
The records should be able to shed some light on this if Kerry chooses to open them to the public.
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/28856.htm
'Larry Thurlow, the skipper of a boat trailing Kerry's, says in the book that he saw Kerry suffer a buttocks wound earlier that day in 1969 when he was hit by fragments from his own grenade while trying to destroy a Viet Cong rice cache.
"He dishonestly transferred the time and cause of the injury to coincide with the action later in the day and claimed that the cause of the injury was the mine exploding during the action," the book claims.
In Kerry's version of the incident, he says a mine struck his swift boat - wounding him in the buttocks and arm.
Kerry maintains he braved enemy fire from both shores to race to the bow of the boat and pluck Rassman, who had fallen overboard, out of the water.
But, the book says, "Many participants in the incident state that neither weapons fire nor a mine explosion occurred near Kerry during the incident.
"Unless one believes in the amazing coincidence that Kerry got two wounds in the same place on the same day, he lied to get the Purple Heart," the authors say.
Rassman is backing Kerry's presidential candidacy and he supports Kerry's version of the rescue.
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Max Cleland was going to stay for some beers, wasn't in combat, saw a hand grenade on the ground and picked it up... he did NOT get a purple heart for his injuries, they weren't from combat, he IS a disabled veteran... he also put Democratic party politics ahead of national security in the view of the Whitehouse and wound up on Rove's bad list... this is not a good place to be, and it appears Max took on Rove open eyed (he made his choice). Ultimately Max made his choice and lost... there is nothing wrong with this.
Kerry volunteered as he had no other deferrment available. The way the draft worked was you enlisted to an alternate service or were conscripted into the army. Generally you could cut a better deal enlisting. Kerry did what many others did and tried to get the best deal he could. His first duty assignment more or less kept him from Vietnam... his 2nd hitch was unfortunate in that the duty of swiftboats was changed and made much more dangerous... and Kerry had wanted the earlier "easy" duty.
There is now dispute as to the medals and honors Kerry claimed in Vietnam. Kerry can open his record as Bush has... thus far he hasn't. Why aren't Democrats demanding Kerry step up and match Bush? Something to hide?????
McCain was subjected to the same disgusting smear job that Kerry is being subjected to. But for some reason when the Bush campaigners make points by being dishonest and unethical Bush supporters love it (The Rush Syndrome.) They're energized by it.
Bush hit his stride when he put on the hard hat in NYC - he learned that he could bluff his way through a lot of things and he's been doing it ever since.
It would be incredibly refreshing if Bush supporters could step back and take an objective look at some of the things Bush has done to harm our country. But as long as their "team" (not the country as a whole, not the United States of America, just Their Team) makes a couple of points, they're as happy as football fans at a tailgate party.
Edited 8/15/2004 2:27 pm ET ET by medlori
Edited 8/15/2004 2:29 pm ET ET by medlori
As far as the whole Purple Heart thing goes - did he have to sacrifice his life to get it? No, but thousands of other Americans have and did so willingly. Not because they were drafted but because they believe in America and believe that everyone has a right to live free and to not live in fear that someone will attack them where they live. It takes a pro-active president to prevent terrorism - Clinton had a chance to do something about Osama and Saddam but he didn't - thus we are at the point we are today. Bush has taken the reins and is ensuring that we as America can sleep easy at night.
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Welcome to the board from an Air Force spouse!
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The military downsizing was implemented due to policies passed by Papa Bush and Dick Cheney. The Republicans are the ones who said Clinton was obsessed with Osama Bin Laden and "wagging the dog". Gads.
John Edwards was governor while you lived in North Carolina???? Bush and Cheney avoided going to war and you're talking about people who willingly served?
What does somebody even say to somebody who posts stuff like this. I worry about this country, I really do.
http://www.johnkerry.com/about/john_kerry/military_records.html
Bush didn't insinuate McCain fathered a black baby out of wedlock? They didn't insinuate McCain was mentally unstable from his captivity? They didn't trot people out to talk about McCain's wild temper?
I really don't know which is worse, the Bush team saying this stuff or the people who willingly delude themselves and repeat it.
Hi zufallb! Welcome to the board!
I'm sorry you don't feel it's appropriate to look into Kerry's actions, but he
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