The Unpleasant Truth Behind the Awarding of John Kerry's Silver Star

The Bandit

[kimosabe31]

Is Kerry leading a Walter Mitty existence ??

[yhwhsman]

claim the enemy soldier had been lightly hit by .50 caliber fire

Archy, is it possible to be lightly hit with a 50 cal?

[tioga]

Walter Mitty -exactly.

[nopardons]

bttt

[Sloth]

Also:

Belodeau, one of Kerry's gunners who had fired at the enemy soldier and knocked him down with a .50 caliber round.

"Knocked down"? With a .50 caliber round?

[DoughtyOne]

From Kerry's service, to his service record, to his testimony, to his marriage and other events in his life, it appears to me that this guy was dead set on running for public office. Bill Clinton is the only guy I've seen with more drive at such an early age, to become a high level government official.

Has Kerry worked an honest days labor in his life, or has he sucked at the government teat his whole life like Bubba. Yeah, I know, Bubba held a job down for a couple of years.

[Travis McGee]

IMHO, Kerry went to the Swift boats purely to choreograph a "JFK moment," to use it to run for higher office.

His rabid insistance on getting that first "scratch" Purple Heart tells me he was already planning on getting his "three and go home" Purple Hearts. Otherwise, why bother hassling commanding officers for that bogus first one?

And the Silver Star episode just stinks to high heaven, it sounds as fake as LBJ's bogus WW2 medal.

I think "the fix was in" all the way from the US Capitol (Uncle Teddy, JFK#1's baby brother) to Zumwalt to his CO's. What rewards were THEY given, for playing a role in this charade?

I have read elsewhere that after Kerry sea-lawyered his way out of VN after his 3 "scratch" Purple Hearts, his remaining crew were reassigned to safe shore duty positions, instead of being reassigned to more combat. Is this true? Was it part of a quid pro quo?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[Squantos]

his remaining crew were reassigned to safe shore duty positions, instead of being reassigned to more combat. Is this true? Was it part of a quid pro quo?

Damn..........this is crazy. Stay Safe !

[TrueBeliever9]

Is Kerry leading a Walter Mitty existence ??

He has certainly capitalized on his existence!

[The Bandit]

"Knocked down"? With a .50 caliber round?

I know, I should had used the term Kerry uses: nicked.

[smonk]

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[elbucko]

IMHO, Kerry went to the Swift boats purely to choreograph a "JFK moment," to use it to run for higher office.

BULLS EYE!

[SAMWolf]

Good read and it brings up a lot of questions that I've been wondering about about. Sure sounds like someone was getting his ticket punched. Must have had high placed friends in Washington, you think?

[Shery]

"Has Kerry worked an honest days labor in his life, or has he sucked at the government teat his whole life like Bubba. Yeah, I know, Bubba held a job down for a couple of years."

Bubba held a job? What was it? Pray tell me!

[JLS]

"His rabid insistance on getting that first "scratch" Purple Heart tells me he was already planning on getting his "three and go home" Purple Hearts. Otherwise, why bother hassling commanding officers for that bogus first one?"
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Maybe because you never know if you are going to get "wounded" again or not. If your goal is to go home and run for office and you think having won a purple heart will help, you take the first one that comes your way and do not risk not getting one. So it might have been a three and home strategy or it might have been get one to enhance your political viability to steal a phrase from another Dim. And there may be more explannations that these two.

[snippy_about_it]

I believe his entire service was done only for political aspirations and the whole things was planned to get in, and get out as fast as possible.

[Travis McGee]

Correct. And both explanations are not mutually exclusive, and both point toward using them in a run for office.

[XHogPilot]

Kerry claims in the same interview with CNN's Karl that be had a SEAL disarm the B-40 and that he had brought it home and still has it.

Unlicensed possession of a B-40 is a federal felony. Unless the B-40 has been registered AND de-militarized in precise accordance with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives directives, Sen. Kerry is probably in felonious violation of The Gun Control Act of 1968 and The National Firearms Act of 1934. Specifically;

• Title 18, Chapt 44, SubSec922(a)(4) Illegal Transportation of a Destructive Device
• Title 26, Chapt 53, SubSec5861(d) Possession and Transfer of an Unregistered Destructive Device

If the destructive device is nonfunctional and registered as a DEWAT (deactivated war trophy), federal paperwork still must be filed and approved before possessing the device. Again, not having the explosive rocket grenade, or simply removing parts or hammering a B-40 would not exclude it from a "destructive device" definition. The government actions at Waco and Ruby Ridge were in direct response to violations of the previously mentioned federal laws.

[river rat]

""Knocked down"? With a .50 caliber round?"

Yeah, it must of clipped his ponytail --- or notched his earlobe. Semper Fi