John Kerry (the next Secretary of State?) on Veteran's Day

various sources | various authors

[ETL]

"...if the United States were to set a date for withdrawal the prisoners of war would be returned."-J.F. Kerry

"Under questioning from the Committee, Kerry referred to the democratically elected government of South Vietnam -- our allies -- as a "dictatorial regime, the Thieu-Ky-Khiem regime," while respectfully calling the North Vietnamese communist regime we were fighting by its oxymoronic official name, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and the murderous Viet Cong's political arm by their preferred "Provisional Revolutionary Government.":
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/lc20040428.shtml

From Frontpagemag.com:
During the question and answer period following his April 22, 1971 televised testimony before the Armed Services Committee of the United States Senate, Kerry said:

"I have been to Paris. I have talked with both delegations at the peace talks, that is to say the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government and of all eight of Madam Binh's points it has been stated time and time again, and was stated by Senator Vance Hartke when he returned from Paris, and it has been stated by many other officials of this Government, if the United States were to set a date for withdrawal the prisoners of war would be returned."

Even today, knowing what we know about the Vietnamese communists and about John Kerry, it is difficult to grasp the enormity of what he was confessing to. As an American citizen and a member of the United States Navy—while his former comrades and countless others were fighting and dying in Vietnam at the hands of Viet Cong guerillas and North Vietnamese regulars—Kerry consorted with the Viet Cong representative and discussed (“talked with,” he euphemized) her “plan.” That obscene plan included a trade: the return of our POWs for a withdrawal of American forces.

As John O’Neill expressed in his important bestselling book Unfit For Command, “. . . America could have its POWs back only if we agreed that we lost, then surrendered, and then set a date to leave.”

Kerry’s wartime trip to Paris was confirmed about six months ago by a campaign spokesman, who tossed it off as a mere “fact-finding” excursion.

Yet Kerry was apparently so impressed with the “facts” he found in company with the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese that a few months after his return from Paris he had the effrontery to urge the President of the United States to accept his communist hosts’ plan for 'peace' in Vietnam."
http://www.frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=15127

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Now that the election is over, never forget McCain
and his good friend Kerry and their McCain/Kerry F
the POWS/MIAS gift to the communists of Vietnam.

[LucyT]

Thanks for an impressive thread, ETL.

Ping.

[SoldiersSister]

It all makes me too sick to even speak.....

[ETL]

No surprise here...

From RushLimbaugh.com:
Hanoi Jane Endorses Obama
April 3, 2008

REPORTER 1: Jane, who are you voting for?

REPORTER 2: Who gets your vote?

FONDA: Obama.

REPORTER 2: Oh, my God. Heaven help us all.

RUSH: The reporter for TMZ said, "Oh, God. Heaven help us all." Obviously the reporter is an Obama supporter.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_040308/content/01125111.guest.html

[BerniesFriend]

just a little fyi..kerry served in vietnam..

[CholeraJoe]

If Frenchie gets appointed S of S, Mass can have two new Senators. Betcha Barney F. gets one seat.

[dforest]

Bawney has been after many “seats” LOL

[ETL]

You’re welcome. It’s really incredible the amount of material that the snooze media keeps from the public. Even the ‘right-wing media’ misses most of it.

[Vaquero]

Ramsey Clark?

wasn’t the now defunct brand of scumb@gs named for him?

[Fireone]

Traitor!

[ETL]

just a little fyi...kerry served in vietnam...

Dang! I knew it! I just wasn't sure until now. Thanks for the confirmation. :)

[Carley]

My heart is broken.

[GoldenPup]

While I didn’t vote for Obama, I do hold out some small hope that he will do some good, some place, some time...but if Obama appoints this fool, John Kerry as Sec. of State, I will lose All hope and respect for him. With the possibe exception of Teddy Kennedy, Kerry would be the worst choice in the whole world for a high government office...the man is a complete idiot...and a traitor to his country!!!

[mkjessup]

Secretary of State John F'in Kerry?!?!?

Ohhhh what is happening, they're calling good evil, and evil good, honor is now dishonor, truth are lies, and lies are truth, is THIS Obamunism?!?!? I'm so confused!

[hflynn]

I was an SOS before I wasn’t the SOS.

[econjack]

...Kerry would be the worst choice in the whole world for a high government office...

I agree. If Obama wants to make his SoS choice a small gesture of "leaning across the isle", don't be too surprised to see him pick Senator Richard Lugar for the post. He's been on the Senate Foreign Relations committee forever and a RINO for years.

[tomnbeverly]

When the Liberals reap what they have sown, tens of thousands more dead here in America. I pray everyday for those future un-named victims.

One man has kept this nation safe since 9-11 and that man is about to pass the torch of Liberty to another whom America knows nothing about.

In the world of the Jihadist, Weakness invites agression, even Joe Biden in a moment of candor during the Campaign made that very clear when he said “Obama will be tested”

[ETL]

On the Job Market: Sen. Kerry hopes to take his foreign-relations experience to the State Department
By Mark Hosenball | NEWSWEEK
From the magazine issue dated Jun 23, 2008
http://www.newsweek.com/id/141512

[NonValueAdded]

Tonk, I've changed my mind about opposing Jean Francois for SecState. First, it gets him out of the Senate and while he'd be replaced by another lib, there is some comfort in his losing his vote. Second, as an administrator he'd be completely inept and if any agency deserved a hapless leader, State is at the top of my list. Third, he would have to sing Obama's song so there is little chance of him freelancing and substituting his own agenda. Fourth, the world knows he is a lightweight so whatever he said would have little impact.

And fifth, there is the confirmation hearing. Oh lordy, for ONE conservative Senator with even a modicum of cojones on that committee!

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