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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E. T. who wrote (628477)	9/20/2004 9:18:15 AM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769670

PEELING AWAY THE FACADE Some of our readers are urging us to re-focus on Kerry's military service and, in particular, his refusal to release his service records. One reader even wondered if Power Line would file a lawsuit to secure their release. Unfortunately, our professional, family, and blogging commitments prevent us from that sort of endeavor, but we do intend to remain involved in the Swiftvet controversy. To that end, via Instapundit we offer this piece from the Richmond Times Dispatch by Roy Hoffman, a retired Navy Rear Admiral and the founder of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Hoffman provides a concise deconstruction of Kerry's "war hero facade." One element of Hoffman's piece that hasn't received enough attention is Kerry's meeting with Madame Binh, a representative of the Viet Cong, and with other members of the Vietnamese Communist delegations to the Paris Peace Conference in 1970, while he was still a Naval Reserve officer. Hoffman notes that Kerry's actions "constitute meeting with the enemy during time of war." Moreover, "his subsequent press conference in July, 1971, urging President Nixon to accept Madame Binh's proposal for the return of our POWs, was a major propaganda victory for the Communist regime." How extraordinary it would be to elect a president who met with, and provided moral support to, a wartime enemy of the United States. Kerry argues that he went to Paris out of concern for our troops and, especially, our POWs. But many of these POWs say that Kerry's actions demoralized them and may have extended their captivity. As for our troops, most would have been content if Kerry had merely restrained from slandering them. frontpagemagazine.com

To: E. T. who wrote (628477)	9/20/2004 9:23:46 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Operation Line Backer, 96 Americans killed in December 72. Likely killed because the commies thought with all the assistance they got from kerry America would be forced to withdraw on their terms. Those 96 were just about the last. If America did not have a kerry, it is very possible Vietnam could have ended up like North and South Korea. kerry betrayed all those Americans fighting for their country?" kerry lied, lying is betrayal. kerry is all the Benedict Arnold he can be. Benedict Arnold was ten times the American hero kerry.