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

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (754646)	11/21/2006 7:20:22 AM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769667

I watched a special on the History Channel - Flying Tiger ace, Joe Allison told about the harrowing dogfight in which he and seven Chinese fliers managed to keep 20 Japanese fighter planes at bay. Did kerry get a purple heart for that one too?? statement of the Swiftboat and POWs from VN: Swift Vets and POWs for Truth has been formed to counter the false "war crimes" charges John Kerry repeatedly made against Vietnam veterans who served in our units and elsewhere, and to accurately portray Kerry's brief tour in Vietnam as a junior grade Lieutenant. We speak from personal experience -- our group includes men who served beside Kerry in combat as well as his commanders. Though we come from different backgrounds and hold varying political opinions, we agree on one thing: John Kerry misrepresented his record and ours in Vietnam and therefore exhibits serious flaws in character and lacks the potential to lead. We regret the need to do this. Most Swift boat veterans would like nothing better than to support one of our own for America's highest office, regardless of whether he was running as a Democrat or a Republican. However, Kerry's phony war crimes charges, his exaggerated claims about his own service in Vietnam, and his deliberate misrepresentation of the nature and effectiveness of Swift boat operations compel us to step forward. For more than thirty years, most Vietnam veterans kept silent as we were maligned as misfits, drug addicts, and baby killers. Now that a key creator of that poisonous image is seeking the Presidency we have resolved to end our silence kerry's service was trashed NOT because he served, but because of how he disgraced his service by taking up with the likes of Hanoi Jane, VVAW, calling the men murderers like Ghengis Khan, lying about his own medals, lying about Cambodia, AND taking EVERY step he took, JUST to further his own POLITICAL career, on the backs of the POWs.