Posted on 10/26/2004 9:11:24 AM PDT by hinterlander
"There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of
atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones.
I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50 calibre machine guns, which we were granted and
ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search and destroy missions, in
the burning of villages. All of this is contrary to the laws of warfare, all of this is contrary to the Geneva
Conventions."
John F. Kerry, April 18, 1971, in an interview with Tim Russert on Meet the Press... President Elect or
WAR CRIMINAL? You decide.
"There are all kinds of atrocities... I committed..."
"...shootings in free fire zones..."
[Cannot usually be considered an "atrocity," with the possibility of obvious non-combatants.]
."..harassment and interdiction fire..."
[This is standard procedure, against known enemy areas, not an "atrocity."]
"... 50 calibre machine guns... which were our only weapon..."
[This is really STUPID, on two levels. Kerry conveniently forgets that HIS Swift Boat had an M-60( 7.62 [30 caliber]machine gun), an 81 mm mortar, an m-79 (grenade launcher), and several M-16 (assault rifles). Thus it is an blatant LIE for him to say that 50 calibers were his "only weapons..."
What is more important is that these "50 calibre(sic) machine guns..." have been standard equipment in the US military since at least WWII. Their equivalents have been similarly standard, in all other armies. Their use cannot possibly be considered an "atrocity."]
"... search and destroy missions..."
[This is just the then-current military terminology for finding and killing the enemy. That is the basic function of combatants, in warfare. It can in no way be considered an "atrocity."]
"...the burning of villages..."
[If, and only if, the village was NOT an enemy position could this be considered even a violation of the Geneva Convention. Even then, it would be a wrong and foolish action, not an "atrocity.]
"... contrary to the laws of warfare, all of this is contrary to the Geneva Conventions."
[With he noted exception about "burning villages," none of these subjects are against either."]
DG
I'm sure it won't turn out the way "A POW Story" did -- an infomercial for Kerry.
The Swiftvets and POWs are a courageous group of men and I don't think they will let anyone stop them now.
I was happy to donate to the Swiftvets more than I have ever contributed to any group in the past because I believe, WHEN the President wins, it will be because the Swiftees told America the truth about John Kerry.
As Lynne Cheney so aptly put it, "This is not a good man!"
Godspeed, Swiftvets and POWs for truth.
I totally agree. He knows he would be sunk if he had to release all of his records. A coward then, a coward now.
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Kamil
I've talked to the company that hosts the Stolen Honor streaming video and I'm working to get that company together with the company trying to distribute the Unfit To Lead video. I'm working with some of the techies that made the video to get the specifications to hand on to hosting company so that I can get them a price quote on how much it would cost to host and stream the video for 1 week. The Pay-per-view (just like Stolen Honor) model will likely be used where the video will cost $5.00 to get access to the streaming broadcast. That is, if I can make this happen. In the meantime, everyone needs to be checking out CampaignTruth.com for updates and to DONATE.
Instead, I'm looking into a standard video stream or streaming event host. Yes, it will cost money but that should be made up by the pay-per-view model that would likely be used.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
NEW UPDATE: I will be retrieving the entire Quicktime file via FTP tomorrow AM. The production company and the guy who made the video is providing it to me. They are encoding it as I write this. I will obtain the specs from the file, guess at what bit rate we want to use to host this, get a quote from the hosting company, get the production company to approve it and make the deal with the hosting company (ie. pay them or whatever) and I'll work it from there. I hope to have this thing up on the web by tomorrow evening if I can swing it but I'm working with people I don't know with a video file I don't know anything about trying to get them to do something they are not familiar with.
Great work! Thanks for doing what you did! :-)
I'm thinking this thing doesn't even have to air to get airplay.Remember the lamestream press was so outraged by the initial Swiftboat ads that they just had to play them over and over to demonstrate how terrible they were.My guess is parts of it will be apearing in news broadcasts across the country buy the end of the week.
I walked into Barnes & Noble on Astor Place in Greenwich Village today, which has got to be one of the country's top liberal HQs, and lo and behold there was a huge stack of "Unfit to Command" books front and center on the Bush-bashing table near the main door.
Somebody must have finally shamed them into putting this book where people could see it. Sure, there were 20 books attacking Bush for one attacking kerry. But it was a big step forward for B&N.
Thanks for the ping!
I got sound but no picture...wanna team up?
Also, the producers have purchased air time on 2 Nevada stations to broadcast the video. There is some talk about broadcast by Sinclair outlets. We'll see.
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