Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Vichy McPeak
Conservative Voice ^ | 9/14/04 | Tov B. Brog

Posted on 09/13/2004 10:28:51 PM PDT by ConservativeVoice

General Merrill A. McPeak, for those of you not familiar with his background, is a retired general in the US Air Force. He had a distinguished career as a fighter pilot, fought honorably over Vietnam, held numerous senior positions and rose to become the Chief of Staff.

He's now supports John Kerry's candidacy for President of the United States.

Just for the record, let's review what we know about John Kerry.

John Kerry served a year on the USS Gridley, of which five weeks were spent in the vicinity of Vietnam, far off the coast. He now claims this as his first "tour". Kerry then spent four months assigned to swift boats, during which time he spent one month in training and three months in action. According to almost every man that served with him, he exhibited cowardice, engaged in self-serving lies, and managed to win three Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and a Bronze Star based on his own disingenuous accounts of what happened on the rivers of the Mekong Delta.

He then returned from Vietnam and accused American soldiers, sailors, airmen, their commanders and the US government of committing atrocities "reminiscent of the armies of Genghis Khan". He admitted to committing such atrocities himself.

These comments were used by the North Vietnamese as they attempted to coerce similar confessions out of hundreds of brave American prisoners of war. There's no doubt his actions contributed greatly to the emotional and physical suffering of these men.

At the same time, Kerry was founding the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, the VVAW. In that capacity he likely witnessed discussions of a plot to assassinate congressional supporters of the war. He also traveled to Paris for meetings with representatives of North Vietnam. There is evidence that he and his fellow VVAW scum betrayed the US by coordinating their actions with the North Vietnamese to weaken our war effort while our troops were still engaged on the ground and in the air. This bolstering of Communist resolve undoubtedly contributed to additional American deaths on the ground.

John Kerry did all of this while still a commissioned officer in the US Naval Reserve.

If these acts had been committed by any citizen of this country, they would be despicable. That they were committed by an officer in the United States' armed forces is beyond the pale. It's a betrayal of every notion that honorable men and women hold dear. John Kerry should be a convicted criminal, not a candidate for Commander-in-Chief of the very military he slandered as a young officer and tried to eviscerate as the most liberal member of the Senate for 20 years.

So, here's the rub. General McPeak, by supporting John Kerry, has put himself in the same category as those French generals in 1940 who threw their lot in with Marshall Petain and the collaborators of Vichy. He spits on the very men he served with in Southeast Asia; dishonors the men and women fighting, and dying, today in Iraq and Afghanistan; and legitimizes the treasonous actions of people like John Kerry, Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden and so may others who are icons of the blame-America-first left.

Merrill McPeak has no honor. There's no greater indictment than that.


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: merrillmcpeak
Any US General supporting Kery is a disgrace.
1 posted on 09/13/2004 10:28:51 PM PDT by ConservativeVoice
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: ConservativeVoice

perfumed general


2 posted on 09/14/2004 5:14:15 AM PDT by GailA ( hanoi john, I'm for the death penalty for terrorist, before I impose a moratorium on it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ConservativeVoice

Merrill McPetain.


3 posted on 09/14/2004 5:15:18 AM PDT by Poohbah (If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Poohbah
We are in an intense struggle here in California. 55 Big Ones are at stake. We have been getting some movement in the right direction. With that said, my piece of this struggle is with the older military vets. It is not a given that these fellows are in the lock box come November 2nd. We need to keep them leaning toward us.It does not help the cause to engage in gratuitous sound bites attacking someone such as Gen. McPeak. He has substance with those vets who flew combat missions. I know because I hang out with a couple of Korean War vets on Wednesdays having hot dogs at Parkers. They were Navy Air flying sorties off carriers. They are leaning toward Bush. But they resent attacks on men they consider to be their peers. Please don't provide bulletin board material to the oppo.
4 posted on 09/16/2004 5:21:17 AM PDT by TomasPaine (These are the times that try men's souls)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: TomasPaine; Admin Moderator

I would take that statement a little more seriously from someone who only joined today and whose entire posting history consists of telling everyone else to shut up.


5 posted on 09/16/2004 8:40:57 AM PDT by Poohbah (If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Poohbah

I'm not interested in food fights. I am way, way too old for that. Or am I interested in friendly fire incidents. I guess I'm of a different generation where men served their country and came home and used the GI bill to get an education got married and bought that starter home and raised some children and attend a church of their choice and pay their taxes and got involved in their communities.
I do not see the utility of trashing men of my generation who served their country. I am a man believes in duty, honor, country. And I will not be put down your rebuke. Let's get on with the cause at hand.


6 posted on 09/16/2004 10:02:22 AM PDT by TomasPaine (These are the times that try men's souls)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: TomasPaine
I'm not interested in food fights.

Then don't go digging up threads that went dead two f***ing days ago, newbie.

McPeak served honorably in war; he then was promoted well above his level of competence and made a gawd-awful mess of the Air Force under Clinton. Now, he bad-mouths the CinC and supports the Frenchurian candidate. Sorry, he's inserted himself into this fracas. Being a four-star or a combat veteran doesn't immunize oneself against criticism for being a fool.

BTW, I spent 8 years in the USMC, and my father spent 20 in the Navy. So have yourself a nice steaming cup of STFU.

7 posted on 09/16/2004 10:06:09 AM PDT by Poohbah (If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: TomasPaine
Then don't go digging up threads that went dead two f***ing days ago, newbie.

I am glad to see that you understand what it is like to have been in the military. My son is in the USAF now and I am ever so grateful for what the AF has done for him.

But there is this civility and respect issue that concerns me. Again it may be a generational difference. I am not a newbie American or a newbie Christian or a newbie sentinel for the cause. These are indeed the times that try men's souls.
8 posted on 09/16/2004 10:29:18 AM PDT by TomasPaine (These are the times that try men's souls)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: TomasPaine; Admin Moderator; Old Sarge; mhking; hchutch; Zavien Doombringer; jriemer
But there is this civility and respect issue that concerns me.

Quit whining at me; go complain at the Democrats. They're the ones being uncivil. FORGING DOCUMENTS IS PRETTY UNCIVIL. "Merrill McPetain" is pretty minor stuff by comparison with that, wouldn't you say? But you just HAD to go find a two-day-dead thread and lecture me to a fare-thee-well, which is a longstanding Democrat debating method, used when their candidate tanks--which, coincidentally, is EXACTLY what Kerry is doing.

All,

I think we've just outed a troll here. Should we sacrifice him to the Viking Kittens?

9 posted on 09/16/2004 1:08:09 PM PDT by Poohbah (If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Poohbah

Commissar Poobsterovich denounces saboteurs placemarker.


10 posted on 09/16/2004 1:11:14 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Spirit of '76 bttt!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: headsonpikes
I'm calling for an independent assessment.

The sum total of TomasPaine's posts since he joined today is to tell various FReepers to shut up.

Why he picked a thread that hadn't gotten a post in two days is, honestly, a mystery.

I think his total behavior is, to put it mildly, odd enough to note investigating...like someone SHOULD have done when some Arabs wanted to learn how to fly Boeings, but not how to LAND them.

11 posted on 09/16/2004 1:17:27 PM PDT by Poohbah (If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Poohbah; veronica

ZOT release authorized.

Authenticate: JULIET LIMA HOTEL INDIA SIERRA CHARLIE UNIFORM TANGO ECHO.


12 posted on 09/16/2004 1:21:02 PM PDT by hchutch (I only eat dolphin-safe veal.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: hchutch
Please remove me from your membership. I am an older gentleman who is a vet who served in the early sixties and now retired but very active in veterans issues. My bone fides as a Republican go way back my grandfather in Indiana. Doc Bowen was my ideal of what Republicanism is. But now I am badly shaken by the cynically driven rancor of your group. I'll be taking my leave now.

Good Day

And yes, there are truly the times that try men's souls...
13 posted on 09/16/2004 2:55:11 PM PDT by TomasPaine (These are the times that try men's souls)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: TomasPaine; Admin Moderator; hchutch; Poohbah
Please remove me from your membership.

We as members do not have that happy power - but we know those who do.

O Almighty And Most Merciful MOD, we, your vigilant servants petition Thee, in Thy wisdom, grant this unclean one's request, for as it has been proved in the fifth post, that he most assuredly cometh to cause discord, and may MOD have mercy on his soul.

14 posted on 09/16/2004 6:36:58 PM PDT by Old Sarge (ZOT 'em all, let MOD sort 'em out!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson