Copied this from the new Unfit for Command thread started by Ann Corrigan. Deserves to be repeated here.
John O'Neill is scheduled to appear tonight on the Cal Thomas show. It will be interesting to see if he's a guest on Sunday morning talk shows or if the networks deliberatly ignore the SwiftVet protest.
Here's an editorial review of "Unfit for Command" at www.amazon.com:
Unfit for Command
by John E. O'Neill, Jerome R. Corsi
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Editorial Reviews
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Due to the timing of its publication, Unfit for Command could be dismissed as the sort of controversial, loaded book typical in a presidential election year: either courageous and necessary, or untruthful and malicious, depending on one's political point of view. What makes this book different is the source. It was written not by partisan pundits but is based on interviews with the men who served with John Kerry in Vietnam; its co-author is fellow naval officer John O'Neill, who took over command of Kerry's Swift boat. Ultimately, the book seeks to answer this question: "Why do an overwhelming majority of those who commanded or served with John Kerry oppose him?" The authors maintain that this is a legitimate question because Kerry has based much of his political career on his status as a war hero. They also believe that his record is a reflection of his character and loyalty: "What motivates us is a genuine fear for the consequences to our nation if its safety is placed in the hands of so cynical and shifting a commander in chief," the authors write.
The charges leveled against Kerry in this book are severe and include filing false operating reports; lobbying for and receiving three Purple Hearts for minor wounds, two of which were self-inflicted; receiving a Silver Star under false pretenses; offering false confessions of bogus war crimes in both print and testimony; and recklessness in the field, including the burning of a village without cause or direct order. The book also points out that Kerry left Vietnam after serving just four months instead of the usual one year tour and that he returned home and accused his fellow soldiers of atrocities without offering any evidence, endangering POWs in the process. And that is just a part of it. The book also includes an open letter written by over 200 veterans who formed the Swift Boat Vets for the Truth, in which they label Kerry a liar and a fraud, unfit to be commander in chief. They also call for him to release his complete and unaltered military records. Based on significant research and personal testimony, the book backs up its charges, although in some cases the evidence is rather flimsy. It is debatable whether the book will change any minds, or votes, but it does offer a unique perspective on the man who would be president. --Shawn Carkonen
From the Inside Flap
John Kerry, War Hero? Guess again.
John O'Neill was the naval officer who took over John Kerry's swift boat in the muddy waters of Vietnam. What he learned convinced him-and convinced the majority of veterans who served directly with Kerry-that John Kerry was and is unfit for command at the lowliest rank in the Navy, let alone as commander in chief of the United States.
In this stunning new book, John O'Neill and his coauthor Dr. Jerome Corsi (an expert on the anti-Vietnam War movement) have interviewed dozens of veterans who served with Kerry and have meticulously documented a shameful record of betrayal and deception on the part of John Kerry.
In Unfit for Command you'll learn:
* Why John Kerry's third Purple Heart "fanny wound" was the highlight of his much touted "no man left behind" Bronze Star
* How John Kerry turned the tragic death of a father and small child in a Vietnamese fishing boat into an act of "heroism" by filing a false report on the incident.
* How John Kerry's reckless behavior convinced his colleagues that he had to go--becoming the only swift boat veteran to serve only four-months in Vietnam
* How Kerry met secretly with communist delegates at the Paris Peace Conference during the Vietnam War, and why some believe he violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice and federal law.
Based on detailed interviews with Swift Boat veterans who served in Vietnam with John Kerry and on recently released FBI surveillance reports of John Kerry's anti-war activities, Unfit for Command is a shocking indictment of a politician who slandered his fellow veterans, danced on the edge of treason, and has shamelessly exaggerated his own war service for political ends
About the Author
John O'Neill served in Coastal Division 11 in Vietnam and took command of PCF 94, John Kerry's swift boat, after Kerry's departure. Outraged by Kerry's anti-war slanders against his fellow veterans, O'Neill faced Kerry in a famous debate on the Dick Cavett Show in 1971 refuting Kerry's accusations of rampant American war crimes in Vietnam. A graduate of the Naval Academy, and from a Navy family, O'Neill is a lawyer in private practice.
Jerome Corsi received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and is an expert on political violence and the anti-war movement in the United States. The author of many articles and books. |
