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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (19823)	10/18/2004 9:37:07 AM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

Local Vietnam veteran recalls Kerry s painful words Thirty active duty years in the U.S. Army, including three years in Southeast Asia, qualify Tony Scibilia to talk about Vietnam and John Kerry. Scibilia, retired with the rank of colonel, lives in east Cobb. He was at Marietta Square on Friday for "Operation Streetcorner," speaking out against Kerry's postwar charges that Americans committed atrocities wholesale in Vietnam. "In the three years I was in Southeast Asia," Scibilia said Saturday, "I was able to go from one end of Vietnam to another, and I never saw any atrocities, never heard of any. I saw a lot of good things being done." Scibilia was working at the Pentagon in 1971 when Kerry gave his atrocities testimony before a Senate committee. Driving by himself, wearing his Army uniform, Scibilia stopped at a stop sign. A gang of antiwar thugs dragged a sidewalk mailbox into the street and started beating on his car. "They were calling me warmonger," he said. He pulled out a tire iron, his only weapon. Police arrived before he had to use it. "That afternoon, I was directed not to wear my uniform to work any more," he said. "In 1966 when I got back, I was a hero. Three or four years later, I was a piece of dirt. It really gnawed on me." What a contrast when people at Marietta Square drove by and said, "Thank you very much for what you did." Scibilia said for the first time it made him feel good about being in Vietnam. As for John Kerry, the Army veteran said, "He hurt us. We didn't deserve that." And Kerry "never said I'm sorry. At least Jane Fonda said she was sorry." Scibilia supports President Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq, as do most American military and their families. A poll by the National Annenberg Election Survey of the University of Pennsylvania found 67 percent of American military men and women said they approved of Bush's handling of his job. Sixty-nine percent viewed Bush favorably versus only 29 percent with a favorable opinion of Kerry. Bush was rated as a strong leader by 72 percent, Kerry by 20 percent. Among military family members, Bush was viewed favorably by 77 percent versus Kerry's 17 percent. Of those in uniform, 64 percent said it was worth going to war in Iraq compared to 45 percent of the general public. Although 47 percent of the military think the president has a clear plan for success in Iraq, a scant 18 percent feel that Kerry does. Seventy-two percent say he does not. An overwhelming 69 percent of the military men and women said they trust Bush to handle the responsibilities of commander-in-chief. Only 24 percent said that about Kerry. Tony Scibilia wasn't in the poll, but he agrees. He keeps thinking about Kerry's antiwar activities 35 years ago. "What's he going to do to those kids serving in Iraq?" Scibilia asks. "What's he going to call them?" mdjonline.com