Mr. Martin,
I donated $200 to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth during the 2004 election cycle, and find your definition of "Swift-Boating" to be smarmy and intellectually dishonest.
All John Fraud Kerry ever had to do to completely discredit the Swiftees is sign Standard Form SF-180 releasing his ENTIRE military record to the public and submit it to the National Personnel Records Center.
http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/standard-form-180.html#ways
Since Mr. Kerry was campaigning to become Commander-in-Chief of the United States military, his military record was highly relevant. All other Presidential candidates in recent history have made their ENTIRE military records public. Mr. Kerry founded his political career on his military service in Viet Nam. It seems odd that he would be the only candidate to demur from providing his military records.
The problem for Mr. Kerry with releasing his ENTIRE military record to the public is that we would find out the particulars on his three Purple Hearts and Bronze Star, decorations earned in less than 30-days in-country. There are many recipients of a single Purple Heart who are missing body parts, but Mr. Kerry is completely scar-free, except for a few bicycling and snowboarding mishaps.
To this day, we have no idea who awarded these medals or why, other than Mr. Kerry's account. All we ever wanted from Mr. Kerry were documented facts, facts that he evidently considers to be an embarrassment.
Prove me wrong. Convince Mr. Kerry to sign and submit Standard Form SF-180.
Regards,
Excellent letter!
"...decorations earned in [b]less than 30-days in-country[/b]."
Good rant, spoiled by woefully inaccurate fact. Alas.
There are many recipients of a single Purple Heart who DEAD prematurely.
I suspect we would also find a less-than-honorable discharge and the results of a Jimma Carter "correction of military records" board to give sKerry an honorable discharge.
All John Fraud Kerry ever had to do to completely discredit the Swiftees is sign Standard Form SF-180 releasing his ENTIRE military record to the public and submit it to the National Personnel Records Center. >>>>>>>>>>>>>Since he had nothing to hide anyway. /sarc
Kinda like a swift kick in the ass with a jolt of reality.
Nam Vet
He was in-country for several months. The (22 days?) were from the time he received his first medal until he left the country. He spent much of his time previous to that in training, and I'm not sure of the time between when the cited event date was and his receipt of the first medal was.