Comments on: Swift Boat Nuts?

By: the evangelical outpost

the evangelical outpost — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 05:26:36 +0000

The Swift Boat Veteran With the Truth: Is John Kerry a War Criminal?
The Drudge Report has a story about a veterans group seeking to discredit John Kerry's military service by claiming that he committed war crimes in Vietnam. The claims of the group, known as Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth, are...

By: Maire Pearl

Maire Pearl — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 03:42:36 +0000

To Agraham: I am responding to your query regarding my assertions that John Kerry was on his second tour of duty in the Navy. This is accurate. A time of enlistment in the Navy is called a tour of duty, no matter where you are stationed. John Kerry was in Vietnam on his second tour of duty in the Navy. Hope this clears up the confusion. Maire Pearl

By: agraham

agraham — Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:42:41 +0000

Ms. Pearle

Second tour of duty?.........My understanding is that he served ONE truncated tour in nam.....please correct me if i'm wrong.

By: agraham

agraham — Tue, 24 Aug 2004 02:08:13 +0000

Mr. Reese,

Please point out where you disagree with O'Neill's account.

By: R. Binks

R. Binks — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:25:23 +0000

Get the truth! An editor, William Rood, for the never-to be-confused-with-liberal-media, Chicago Tribune was a skipper on of one of the three boats with Kerry on Feb 28, 1969. In the Sun, Aug 22 issue of the Tribune, Rood tells his story for the first and what he says will be the last time. O'Neill is the big loser in this--Rood makes it clear he is not coming forth to help Kerry, but the other vets that O'Neill's lies are hurting. Read the facts for yourself.

By: Doug Reese

Doug Reese — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 15:45:08 +0000

For what it is worth: 1. In the Drudge Report, the part which begins "Doug Reese, a pro Kerry Army veteran, recounted what happened that day to O'Neill, .." I have never, ever, recounted anything to John O'Neill about that day. 2. I DID recount, to a degree, the events of that day to the private investigator hired by O'Neill. I suppose that wouldn't have looked as good as saying that I talked to O''Neill, though, so I can see why someone, well, lied. 3. For those of you who actually shelled out $25 for Unfit for Command, I suggest you ask for (at least) a partial refund. The Silver Star incident, for which I am used as a reference, is misrepresented. So much so, that I would have to say the overall impression one comes away with after reading those pages is markedly different from those of us who were there that day. It rises up to, but doesn't not quite cross the line, where it could be called a lie. That's a good lawyer for you. We who were there know John Kerry's actions that morning were not as portayed by John O'Neill. Doug Reese Annandale VA (Just barely outside the Beltway!)

By: Byron Ellis

Byron Ellis — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 03:27:16 +0000

My father retired as a Regimental Sgt. Major, USMC. He fought in China, Korea and Vietnam. He taught me about honor and I recognize it in John Kerry. I haven't seen any of it in the President or the president's men. They make me laugh. Thank you.

By: Maire Pearl

Maire Pearl — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 23:26:23 +0000

This slandering of John Kerry's war record is so mean spirited. I am a veteran of the US Navy and served for three years during the Vietnam War. I was a WAVE, stationed in California. I was married to a sailor on the USS Constitution that spent a year in Nam. I had many friends and acquaintances who served in Vietnam. I met many enlisted servicemen at the USO in Oakland, California. Some of these men were recovering from wounds received in Vietnam. I do not think a man of John Kerry's character would ever mislead the public about his military career. There have been too many opportunities to review it in all the years since John Kerry returned from Nam. I keep hearing Mr. Kerry's opponents say that he left his tour early. Please remember: this was John Kerry's SECOND tour of duty and was duty that Mr. Kerry volunteered for. When a soldier receives a medal or commendation, the soldier does not write the citation himself. This is done by senior officers, garnered from fellow servicemen who served with the servicemen being considered for a citation. And there is a rule in the military that three purple hearts entitles you to return home. Mr. Kerry did not escape any duty. I think the underlying reason for all these vicious attacks is that Mr. Kerry came home from the war and began to oppose the war. Remember...it was the Vietnam Veterans Against the War who helped to turn the public's opinion of that war. No person has more right to criticize that war than someone who was in it. That war was wrong and many servicemen were killed for an unjust cause. They thought they were doing their duty, saving the world from the advance of communism. The public was misled. Mr. Kerry does not dishonor the soldiers of that war or the soldiers of the war in Iraq. He is opposed to the policies that sent those soldiers into harm's way in both wars. John Kerry is a man of great integrity. He has nothing to reprove himself of. This is a Republican-funded attack on the credentials of a war hero. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Maire Pearl

By: Howard Lamb

Howard Lamb — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:35:38 +0000

God said pray, not hold up a picket sighn or post a web site. I believe if we prey to the good Lord, the rite man will be placed in office. GOD bless Gorge Bush. GOD bless the USA.

By: Anthony Swindell

Anthony Swindell — Mon, 09 Aug 2004 15:08:59 +0000

What is the controversy here?
By his own admission Kerry is a war criminal! The question is does this make him unfit to be President. Well ask yourself this, are the Abu-Garab prison guards unfit to be president?
If you are honest the answer would certainly be yes.

By: Backcountry Conservative

Backcountry Conservative — Mon, 09 Aug 2004 01:50:35 +0000

John Kerry & Vietnam Round-Up
Kerry and Cambodia Dean's World Glenn Reynolds Tom Maguire Captain's Quarters Roger L. Simon Power Line Kerry and the Swift Vets Dean's World--more Dinocrat Steven Taylor--more----more--more--more--more Signifying Nothing James Joyner...

By: Ronald Proby

Ronald Proby — Mon, 09 Aug 2004 01:18:01 +0000

There is an even stronger video message, just as true, that could bring Kerry out into the light of day once and for all: You take Kerry's voice testifying on war atrocities for the Senate Congressional Committee. You place a contemporary profile of his in front of a close up of a background of the Vietnam memorial with the names visible. You let the names shift behind a static profile of Kerry while his pompous, self-righteous voice goes on and on lying about disproven atrocities and bogus 'witness soldiers'. You run that a few times daily for the last two weeks in October and he's cooked. And all you are using are his own words and image.

By: The Moderate Voice

The Moderate Voice — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 03:41:24 +0000

Kerry It's high-noon in American politics. The two main Cowboy Presidential candidates take out their guns. They fire, aiming for -- each other's private parts.... OK, so that isn't the way movie studios did it -- but it is the way

By: mg

mg — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 22:20:15 +0000

Gee, Bithead, why are you being all sarcastic on me when I obviously agree with everything you say?I mean, even if the Nazis didn't sue anyone ever, the Dems are still a lot like them, right?
Of course. Also a lot like Stalinist commies and kitten eaters. It's true!

By: La Femme Crickita

La Femme Crickita — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 13:36:56 +0000

I don't think they sound like lunatics. They
want to set the record straight about Kerry.
We all know the media is biased, otherwise why
blog? Kerry lied under oath. They have nothing
to lose over telling the truth. Why now?
Why not? We know Kerry's record in the Senate is
appalling, not to mention his sweeping under the rug
any chance we might have had to bring POWs and
MIAs home, and THAT doesn't raise some flags?
He is a known internationalist who wants to
have the UN micro manage every world situation?

I think they deserve a chance to be heard and we
need to hear what they have to say. I don't like
Kerry anyway and am not going to vote for him.
BUT you also have the right to free speech and I respectfully disagree with you.

And the Ryan person can go over to Beldar's blog and read about his experience cross examining
John O'Neill. Savvy?