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To: tejek who wrote (198609)	8/26/2004 9:03:15 PM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1575420

Have you read the transcript of kerry's appearance on Meet The Press a week before his testimony? kerry should be tried for war crimes, worse than the animal house at Abu Ghraib. hnn.us MR. CROSBY NOYES (Washington Evening Star): Mr. Kerry, you said at one time or another that you think our policies in Vietnam are tantamount to genocide and that the responsibility lies at all chains of command over there. Do you consider that you personally as a Naval officer committed atrocities in Vietnam or crimes punishable by law in this country? SEN. KERRY: There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50 calibre machine guns, which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search and destroy missions, in the burning of villages. All of this is contrary to the laws of warfare, all of this is contrary to the Geneva Conventions and all of this is ordered as a matter of written established policy by the government of the United States from the top down. And I believe that the men who designed these, the men who designed the free fire zone, the men who ordered us, the men who signed off the air raid strike areas, I think these men, by the letter of the law, the same letter of the law that tried Lieutenant Calley, are war criminals.

To: tejek who wrote (198609)	8/26/2004 9:30:57 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575420

Ted, here's the bottom line, and I've gotten confirmation of this from JF, Al, and Z in one form or another. Kerry is only presenting one side of himself, the side that volunteered for combat duty, the side that is strong on defense whenever necessary. He's constantly reminding us that he won medals in Vietnam, that he's a "dutiful soldier," all because his focus groups told him this is exactly what the public wants. It's all an image meant to win the most amount of votes possible. Most of his supporters don't like it, since they're obviously much more anti-war than Kerry is pretending to be. But they're willing to go along because in their minds, Bush will be far worse. I can't stress that enough: Image is Everything. The only problem is, Kerry's image is a house of cards, and neither you nor Al nor "independent" JF is willing to admit that because you fear the consequences of that house collapsing. At least I can honestly admit that the results of Bush's administration have been mixed at best, and that his deficit spending will bite us all in the butt sometime next year or the year after that. And I can say that without letting go of my faith and trust in Bush. Does that make me overly partisan? Of course it does. Who isn't? Tenchusatsu