Perhaps this may be of interest to some of the Vietnam Vets among our Brotherhood.??
Fraternally;
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From: YYYYYY Y. YYYYYYYY
To: XXXX XXXXX
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 07:56
Subject: Re: "Hanoi John"
Perhaps some of you guys would like to be involved in our upcoming rally in DC. Go to
http://www.KerryLied.com for more information and updates. I sure as hell am gonna try and make it, based on if I am still breathing.......
It is open to Vietnam Veterans and their supporters. It is not a pro-Bush gathering, it is anti-Kerry. Dress code is business casual. No faded cammies, boonie hats, medals, and all that fake veteran, media grabbing bullshit like the stupid Hollywood movies like to use to portray Vietnam Veterans. I guess you get the picture. We have a good number of high rent speakers and others. Speakers will be hand picked and only they are authorized to speak for the group. We have security, permits and all the legal stuff in place. Many of our group are lawyers and other professional businessmen.
The purpose of this is to possibly remove some of the stigma of lies perpetrated by Kerry, Fonda, and their group about Vietnam Vets. If anybody knows where one can lay hands on a copy of Kerry's 'famous' book, it would be appreciated.
Later,
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XXXX XXXXX wrote:
Date: April 23, 2004 08:20
Author: ZZZZZZZZZZ
Subject: From ZZZZZZZZZZ to AAAAAAA AAAAAAAA
I believe your thoughtful and well constructed message on this thread deserves a reply. If you noticed during the primaries and this period where John F Kerry is in some strange sort of political limbo , Nominee Presidential Candidate or such...... , I have continuously steered away from questioning or negating his combat record. His awards were bestowed by higher Naval Authority and to question them is to question the service to which I devoted almost thirty years of my life.
HOWEVER .....I am appalled by his behavior after he left the Navy in the early 1970's. He PUBLICLY confessed not only to committing war crimes but he also PUBLICLY claimed to have led his subordinates in the commission of said crimes. This is serious stuff. I don't know why he wasn't charged by a Federal Attorney at the time but the point I'm trying to make is that this is not speculation . This is fact and there is still ample evidence of this fact today. I am personally involved in this. I served a number of tours in country and have time as a civilian in Vietnam as well. I didn't commit war crimes nor did I condone the commission of war crimes. I served my country as a commissioned officer in her Sea Services. I am proud of this service and I apologize to no one for it and consider myself privileged to have been able to serve the United States of America. This guy maligned me and to be perfectly honest I'm highly pissed. He also maligned people with whom I served and people who gave their lives in the service of our country. I try to keep partisan politics out of this. I admit I'm a conservative in the Republican Party but I wasn't always such. I became a Conservative after returning from Vietnam and seeing myself and my comrades vilified and betrayed by individuals such as Kerry and his leftist cohorts who were eagerly brought into the Democratic fold. I consider that to be the essence of betrayal and am honor bound to do anything I can in the political arena to keep Kerry from becoming President. I truthfully consider him a traitor and I call a spade a spade.
Respectfully; ZZZZZZZZZZ
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