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To: TimF who wrote (200089)	9/3/2004 5:46:00 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574002

As for offical documentation it isn't very extensive, or at least what is available to the public isn't very extensive, there are different versions of it that tell different stories and at least some of it was written by Kerry while a lot of it was influenced by Kerry's accounts. If Kerry's story is 100% true he could release the information that would really support his case but he hasn't done so. And what info is that? ted

To: TimF who wrote (200089)	9/3/2004 6:39:33 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1574002

"and the majority of people who served in his boat units are against Kerry." Now that is one area where things get a little interesting. Apparently, at least some of the swift boat vets aren't. They been a few of the guys that have surfaced and claimed that they never joined the group nor signed statements attacking Kerry. So at least some people have had their identities hijacked. And it isn't only Kerry or his immediate shipmates that support Kerry's side of the events. What about Rood? Or Langhofer? Or Leeds? Bottom line. All of the information that has come out, supports Kerry. All of it. None of it supports the Swift Boat Veterans side. The Swift Boat Veterans stories don't check out. Like their claim about veterans with worse wounds than Kerry's not applying for Purple Hearts because they didn't think they were wounded severely enough. Wounded people don't apply for Purple Hearts. If they go in for treatment, it is done for them. Who ever wrote that clearly didn't know what they were writing about. And there still isn't a credible explanation of why Kerry's after-action reports were taken in preference to ones from the other officers. And if they were so creatively written, his commanding officer didn't reprimand him for it. I mean you have 5 reports in front of you, describing the same event. One talks about heavy fire, explosions enemy all over the place. The others have a more sedate description. What would you do?