Posted on 10/15/2004 10:30:56 AM PDT by 84rules
As a Vietnam Era Vet, I thank the Swift Vets for their service to our country "then" & "now".
On of the local tv channels here reported that a survey of the military and their families done by Annenburg(sp?) showed 69% support President Bush.
Keep it comin'!!
Semper Fi
BTTT
As a Viet Nam veteran I resent the one-side hit piece presented as news on Nightline October 14, 2004. It was at best a poorly-researched story, and at the least a poor attempt to rewrite history to somehow benefit John Kerry, an acknowledged perpetrator of war crimes. Do you really expect us to believe that these "witnesses" were just waiting for 30 years to tell their story?
Mr. Koppel's rudeness to John O'Neil and absolute refusal to acknowledge that ABC and Nightline purposely refused to introduce relevant material from a number of credible sources was duly noted. That Nightline refused to quote John Kerry himself proves that this was little more than a puff piece to somehow curry favor for John Kerry.
The most obvious thing to this old vet is that the ABC memo got delivered to Mr. Koppel to go easy on John Kerry, even if it means hiding the truth. Be sure of this, the truth will find you out. Your prestige continues to decline as you attempt to engineer the outcome of this election. You will fail. You do not realize how upset the 2 million plus Viet Nam veterans are. You really don't. We've been kept silent for 30 years, but we've been freed to stand proud.
The election will come and go, but your underhandedness will be remembered long after November 2, when George W. Bush is re-elected, thanks in no small part to the repeated media attempts (especially CBS and ABC) to effect the outcome.
Sincerely,
For us, it's personal.
VietVet
I am praying with all my might that Americans do not let you down a second time.
Great letter! Thanks for your service to our country.
bump and Thank You Viet Nam Vets!
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