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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (4148)8/18/2004 2:23:54 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
Another interesting e-mail on Kerry's extravagant claims of secret missions to Cambodia:
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"I believe that we must substantiate facts before forwarding informational pieces to others. This is the right thing to do. Accuracy in our assessments is the mark of intellectual honesty and moral clarity. To do so is a mark of honor and credibility and stands in stark juxtaposition to the slanderous falsehoods of those extremists who discredit the character of good men and women."

"As a Vietnam veteran who may have boarded Kerry's swift boat or provided air coverage for Kerry, I am aware of some of his shortcoming (a mild description). For instance, in 2003, Kerry published his book, A Call to Service. See page xii:
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"'And John [McCain] knew that I had been a Navy officer, commanding a 'swift boat' --a small, fast patrol boat used for counter-insurgency missions-- in the Mekong Delta for two tours of duty.'"
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"As written by Kerry, the above statement is false. Kerry was aboard the U.S.S. Gridley from February 1968 to approximately August 1968. The ship did patrol the Tonkin Bay and made one port call to Danang, Vietnam for briefings. Kerry served on PCF swift boats in Vietnam from November 1968 until late March 1969. This four month tour was his only tour in Vietnam on PCF swift boats, nor did he have any other tour in country."

"My interest in this matter? I was the Assistant Navy Intelligence Liason Officer (NILO), Ca Mau -- situated between the U Minh Forest and Nam Can Forest in the Ca Mau Peninsula (sometimes identified as the Mekong Delta) and was selected, but did not serve, as the first NILO Sea Float on the Cua Lon River in the Nam Can. My tour of duty was July 1968 - July 1969."
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Signed Dar Weston. Commander, USNR-Ret.
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I haven't seen Kerry's book, but I cannot imagine what would lead a guy to so blatantly expand his service on the swift boats from one tour to two. Just weird. And in his own book?<font color=black><font size=3>

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