posted September 09, 2004 10:13 AM            

Thursday, Sept. 9, 2004 1:32 a.m. EDT
Bob Dole to Join Vets Unveiling Kerry Movie

Former Sen. Bob Dole will team up with a group of former Vietnam prisoners of war at a Washington, D.C., press conference on Thursday to announce a new documentary that chronicles the deep resentment the POW community has for Sen. John Kerry.

As first reported by NewsMax.com's Insider Report, the film "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal" features former POWs describing how Kerry's 1971 testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee gave aid and comfort to the enemy while adding to their own suffering at the hands of their Hanoi Hilton jailers.

The surviving men and their families say they were betrayed by Kerry, blasting the would-be president for his anti-war activities as leader of the group Vietnam Veterans Against the War.

The film, produced by Pulitzer Prize winner Carlton Sherwood, features former Vietnam POWs George "Bud" Day, Jack L. Van Loan, Paul Galanti, Robert H. Shumaker, Ken Cordier and others.

Day, a Medal of Honor winner, said in a statement issued last month:

"I draw a direct comparison [with] General Benedict Arnold of the Revolutionary War to Lieutenant John Kerry. Both went off to war, fought, and then turned against their country.

"General Arnold crossed over to the British for money and position," Day explained. "John Kerry crossed over to the Vietnamese with his assistance to the anti-war movement and his direct liaison with the Vietnamese diplomats in Paris. His reward: political gain."

Galanti recently recalled how his Hanoi Hilton jailers would play Sen. Kerry's Senate speech to bolster their accusations that American soldiers were war criminals.

"They would tell us POWs that 'You're not prisoners of war. You're criminals," Galanti told Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes." "You're war criminals because you've committed atrocities in killing babies, bombing dams and pagodas.'

"They were promoting [Kerry] as a big friend of theirs," Galanti charged.

Last month, Sen. Dole condemned Kerry's anti-war activities, telling CNN: "Maybe he should apologize to all the other two and a half million veterans who served. He wasn't the only one who was in Vietnam."

posted September 10, 2004 12:29 AM            

Now, the Navy is investigating one or more of Kerry's medals and the circumstances under which he earned them. Specifically the Silver Star with the Combat V, a medal the United States has never bestowed. Silver Star yes, but Silver Star with Combat V, NO.

Things are about to really heat up for John Kerry.

Kerry's Despicable Military Record
Geoff Metcalf
Friday, Sept. 10, 2004
Careful what you ask for ...

Since February I have been ranting that the veteran community would eventually, inevitably become the prime contributor to the destruction of the John Kerry campaign. For months, I have been the Lone Ranger and viewed as a moderately amusing gadfly.

Guess what? I was right in February, and March, and April, and May. I was right in June, July and August … and despite what smarter, more insightful and ‘connected’ pundits maintain, Kerry is TOAST!
In March, I wrote in “The Kerry Count,” “Friends and foes in the punditry class have been pontificating ad nauseam, manipulating a kaleidoscope of factoids and data to support whatever their individual prejudices may be.” Some have accused me of manipulating “perceptions” to support my personal prejudices.

Smarter, more dedicated men than this writer have been beating the drum for MONTHS:
www.SwiftVets.com

www.Viet-Myths.net

www.Kerrylied.com

http://www.i-served.com/MagruderArticlesIndex.html

http://www.petitiononline.com/kerryrec/petition.html
and over a hundred others.

The veteran community jihad against John Kerry is NOT a partisan issue. John O’Neill of www.swiftvets.com has said so, Larry Bailey of www.kerrylied.com has said so, Steven Sherman of www.viet-myths.net has said so … and it IS so.

The overwhelming majority of veterans loathe John Kerry. The reasons vary. Some hate him for his treasonous conduct pimping for Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Some hate him for what they view as self-aggrandizing hyperbole. Some hate him for his arrogance, pretension and unlikeability.

The Kerry campaign made a monumental strategic ‘whoops’ when they chose to build the foundation for ‘Versailles de Kerry’ on his Vietnam experience.

Do-overs have become chronic … and it ain’t over yet.

The “seared … seared!” memory of Christmas eve 1968 in Cambodia requires a rewrite.
The Purple Heart stories require amendment.
The “clerical error” over an unprecedented/unauthorized ‘V’ on his Silver Star is being investigated by the Navy.
Folks with the means, interest and commitment to ‘correct the record’ are now scrutinizing the entire revisionist history of Kerry the hero.

Frankly, if Kerry had taken a lower profile and not focused on his martial exploits (recreated in his home movies), he might have avoided the inevitable embarrassment and destruction of his antique fiction.

Rather, by his OWN focus on apparently exaggerated derring-do, he will be forced to realize that there are consequences to everything we do and do not do.

Republicans will never criticize the “decorated war hero.” They are scared spitless of any linkage with the anti-Kerry veteran legions. However, thousands of decorated war heroes with significantly greater service, scars, experience and insights loathe and detest the pampered Brahmin prince.

But the excrement storm thus far is mere prologue. There IS more …

On Feb. 18, 1966, John Kerry signed a six-year enlistment contract with the Navy (plus a six-month extension during wartime). He also signed an Officer Candidate contract for six years – five years of ACTIVE duty & ACTIVE Naval Reserves, and one year of inactive standby reserves.

Since Kerry was discharged from TOTAL ACTIVE DUTY after only three years and 18 days, on Jan. 3, 1970, he was then required to attend 48 drills per year and not more than 17 days of active duty for training. Most significant, however, is that Kerry was also subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

That means as a commissioned officer Kerry was prohibited from making adverse statements against his chain of command or statements against his country, especially during time of war.

Another one of those interesting ‘clerical errors’ is that Kerry did not obtain an honorable discharge until March 12, 2001, even though his service obligation should have ended July 1, 1972.

On Jan. 3, 1970, Lt. John Kerry was transferred to the Naval Reserve Manpower Center in Bainbridge, Md. Therefore, there should be Performance Records for two years of obligated Ready Reserve, the 48 drills per year required and his 17 days of active duty per year training while Kerry was in the Ready Reserves. Have these records been released?

Has anyone ever talked to Kerry's commanding officer at the Naval Reserve Center where Kerry drilled?

Kerry’s conduct as a Ready Reservist participating as a leader of Vietnam Veterans Against the War was criminal, some veterans now argue:

Lt. Kerry attended many rallies where the Vietcong flag was displayed while our flag was desecrated, defiled and mocked, thereby giving aid and comfort to the enemy.

Lt. Kerry was involved in a meeting that voted on assassinating members of the U.S. Senate.

Lt. Kerry lied under oath against fellow soldiers before the U.S. Senate about crimes committed in Vietnam.

Lt. Kerry professed to being a war criminal on national television, and condemned the military and the USA.

Lt. Kerry met with NVA and Vietcong communist leaders in Paris, in direct violation of the UCMJ and the U.S. Constitution.

Lt. Kerry, by his own words and actions, violated the UCMJ and the U.S. Code while serving as a Navy officer. Failing a REAL good explanation, Lt. Kerry is in violation of Article 3, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution.

Lt. Kerry's 1970 meeting with NVA Communists in Paris is in direct violation of the UCMJ's Article 104 part 904, and U.S. Code 18 & U.S.C. 953.

That meeting, and Kerry's subsequent support of the communists while leading mass protests against our military in the year that followed, also place him in direct violation of our Constitution's Article 3, Section 3, which defines treason as "giving aid and comfort" to the enemy in time of warfare.

The Constitution's 14th Amendment, Section 3, states, "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President ... having previously taken an oath ... to support the Constitution of the United States, [who has] engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."

Senator Kerry, having established his ‘service’ as the foundation for his campaign, has some explaining to do.

The only way to chill the barrage of questions is to sign off on a Standard Form (SF) 180 and let the media examine John Kerry’s FULL military record.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/9/9/154130.shtml