JFK's out of print 'The New Soldier'
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JFK's out of print 'The New Soldier'
| Thu, 08-26-2004 - 6:06pm |
"Just after JOHN KERRY came back from Vietnam, he wrote the book THE NEW SOLDIER.
The book is out of print. John Kerry does not allow the publisher to reprint it.
To make a rational decision on November 2, you need to have all available facts.
You can now read John Kerry's THE NEW SOLDIER online for FREE."
http://www.johnkerrythenewsoldier.blogspot.com/
Renee ~~~

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As has been stated on this board better than I can say, the atrocities he spoke of were commonplace and were known by the authorities. He spoke up about it and was condemned for it telling a truth that may indeed have hurt other soldiers who were still there. That is very sad and unfortunate but the truth needed to be told. I really can't say what was embellished or not. As I was trying to make the point before, I was not on that battlefield then and neither were most of us. Even those who were saw events in varying ways, as is true of any eye witness account.
I am sure that there is no one that wouldn't like this conflict to be over and done with and see all our troops come home. The scary thing is though, that even if this comes to the best ending ever, there are those just waiting and willing to see to the destruction of the US and are will to take up arms, or whatever terrorist weapon they can come up with, against us. I am not convinced that Iraq is going to have the biggest impact on defeating terrorism, or at least containing it. But I am also not an expert on this topic at all. There are plenty of folks here that have a bunch of knowledge on the M.E.
Donna
Like many other Vietnam vets who whom Kerrry indiscriminantly smeared, General Franks puts the blame for attrocities on a lack of leadership of many young officers like Kerry who tolerated, accepted, or encouraged the commission of war crimes.
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