http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/vvaw/ en-us Sat, 5 Jul 2008 16:17:13 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041124/posts Re: "swiftboating" From StreetInsider.com, July 3, 2008: "The 'Swiftboating' slogan is used by leftist politicians and members of the old media to smear the Swift Vets and other anti-Kerry veterans as liars. The truth is that they were effective because they supported their charges with evidence. A second goal of this tactic is to preempt any criticism of Sen. Obama and the other Democrats they are trying to elect - however accurate and relevant such criticism may be," said Scott Swett, the primary author of To Set the Record Straight. Source: Authors of New Book on Swift Boat Veterans for... numerous sources http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041124/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 16:17:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039584/posts Look out for the next smear from the radical left, that McCain started the USS Forrestal fire. McCain plane was hit by an accidentally fired rocket, for Pete's sake how to you even work up a lie that he's somehow responsible. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039584/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 04:42:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013026/posts For those who haven’t heard, IVAW will be presenting materials from their Winter Soldier investigation to the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) next Thursday (May 15). I’ve created another petition asking the CPC to verfiy any info that IVAW brings to them. This petition reads about the same as the petition that was circulated for the Senate Armed Services Committee. The CPC is more of an ad-hoc group than any sort of official committee, but since we’ve been out in front of IVAW on this, we should probably stay there. Please circulate this petition among your mailing lists. I’ll be doing... Gathering of Eagles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013026/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 14:30:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994394/posts An organization calling itself Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) convened a conference in Silver Spring, Maryland, entitled Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan — Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations, this month. Modeling itself on the 1971 Winter Soldier Investigation (WSI), which provided the text for John Kerry’s infamous testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee later that year, the event claimed to “feature testimony from U.S. veterans who served in [the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan], giving an accurate account of what is really happening day in and day out, on the ground.” But in the immortal words of Yogi... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994394/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:34:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987204/posts "The most dramatic testimony out of the IVAW's Winter Soldier II hearings is that American troops are using bullets in Iraq!" Col. Harry Riley, US Army, Retired, at Eagles Muster, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2008. There is a saying that sunlight is the strongest disinfectant. That was certainly the case this past weekend in the Washington, D.C., area when American veterans and troop supporters gathered to counter the Iraq Veterans Against the War's ill-conceived Winter Soldier II "hearings" at the National Labor College in Silver Springs, Maryland. The original Winter Soldier "investigation" was a farce put together by John Kerry's... Ronald Winter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987204/posts#comment Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:28:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984895/posts Hot Air TV: Sen. John Kerry confronted about Winter Soldier II By Michelle Malkin • March 12, 2008 11:12 PM Grab the popcorn. We’ve got another joint YAF/Hot Air TV production for you, just in time for the anti-war confab known as “Winter Soldier II” that kicks off in Washington, D.C. tomorrow and runs through Sunday. YAF’s Jason Mattera, our intrepid special correspondent who cornered Jack Murtha in September, is back in the halls of Congress. This week, Jason caught up with the original Winter Soldier, Sen. John Kerry, and confronted him about his unsubstantiated, troop-smearing testimony. Jason also tried... Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984895/posts#comment Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:43:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983332/posts Does Congress want to take an Easter break? The American People have used many different tactics to try to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They have camped outside the Bush Ranch in an attempt to get a conference with the president. He refused to meet with them.The people have petitioned Congress and even changed its balance of power. Still, Congress votes to continue funding the wars, and on the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War which has killed almost 4,000 Americans and over a million Iraqis, Congress plans to be on vacation. Except that a... North Texas Indie Media Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983332/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:21:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1977501/posts Last Monday morning (Feb 25) Scott Swett’s timely article “Newly Discovered Army Reports Discredit ‘Winter Soldier’ Claims” on the discovery of the summary files of the Army CID Investigations of VVAW War Crimes Allegations from the 1971 Winter Soldier Investigation was published at FrontPageMag.com. By late that evening, at the suggestion of a friend, I had gotten the on-line petition entitled “Appeal to the Senate Armed Service Committee” up, and it has been there for less than two full days. Many of the hundreds of signatories have made comments. Many of those show how truly appalled people are that the... Obiter Dictum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1977501/posts#comment Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:23:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1959272/posts If John Kerry had been elected President of the United States in November 2004, especially with the incoming majority Democrat Congress, it is highly likely that Iraq would be in the midst of a civil war, Iran’s regional influence would have increased, Israel would be in more jeopardy than it is now, two Supreme Court seats would be occupied by clones of John Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg instead of by John Roberts and Samuel Alito, judicial decisions would have given even more “rights” to enemy combatants, domestic entitlements and earmarks would have skyrocketed, the Bush tax cuts would be... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1959272/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:56:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943513/posts Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana... It may be Providential that a book of history is soon to be released dealing extensively with certain shameful events of nearly four decades ago, just as others are now seeking to shamelessly and eagerly repeat those events. Scott Swett and Tim Ziegler have co-authored To Set The Record Straight with the apt subtitle How Swift Boat Veterans, POWs and the New Media Defeated John Kerry. The book all but begins with details of the Winter Soldier Investigation (WSI) of 1971, an event I wrote about here... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943513/posts#comment Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:26:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933135/posts SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 29 (OneWorld) - U.S. war veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan have announced they're planning to descend on Washington, DC this March to testify about war crimes they committed or personally witnessed in Iraq. "The war in Iraq is not covered to its potential because of how dangerous it is for reporters to cover it," said Liam Madden, a former Marine and member of the group Iraq Veterans Against the War. "That's left a lot of misconceptions in the minds of the American public about what the true nature of military occupation looks like." Iraq Veterans Against the... OneWorld.Net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933135/posts#comment Sat, 1 Dec 2007 06:41:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926517/posts As I said at the GOE rally, the Iraq Veterans Against The War are out to smear this generation of military as "babykillers" the way their mentors the Vietnam Veterans Against the War did during the Vietnam era. But I never expected that they'd give away their intent by calling it "Winter Soldier" just like their mentors. Winter Soldier was a series of 109 interviews that were turned into a book and film. According to B.G. Burkett's investigation of Winter Soldier in his book Stolen Valor, many were phony soldiers that never served, others like VVAW leader Al Hubbard served... Winter Soldier page at IVAW.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926517/posts#comment Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:06:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888198/posts ...The Gathering of Eagles turnout was unprecedented. The Cindy Sheehanistas and socialist rabble-rousers had never been met and matched with such force. Now, the Eagles are organizing a return to Washington at a historic moment in the global war against jihad. Gen. David Petraeus, top commander in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker are expected to testify before the Senate on 9/11. Yes, that 9/11. Four days later, Sept. 15, is the deadline for the president to submit reports to Congress on how Iraq is meeting benchmarks for progress since the troop surge was announced. ANSWER will lead... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888198/posts#comment Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:36:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886572/posts Here's Our guys jumping out in front of their march. Here's the womenfolk from the Iraq Veterans Against the War (John Kerry Wannabes) getting run off by the police. More IVAW traitors yapping at our guys. Free speech only for comrades says IVAW traitors.. The Iraq Veterans Against the War are modelled after and mentored by the traitors known as the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. What the VVAW did to smear the Vietnam generation of military, the IVAW is doing to smear this generation of military.Back in January, they stood by Jane Fonda and helped her smear their... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886572/posts#comment Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:59:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884984/posts Road to MoscowBill Clinton’s Early Activism from Fulbright to Moscow By Fedora SummaryDuring the 1992 campaign, Bill Clinton’s student protests and Moscow trip generated much controversy, but few answers. While Clinton’s government files from that era seemingly remain unavailable even today, there is at least more information available than in 1992. The public record reveals that Clinton’s social network and views on Vietnam were influenced by a pattern of contact between Communist agents and sympathizers and Clinton’s academic and political associates. This pattern is documented here through an analysis of Clinton’s antiwar activity up through the time he left Oxford... Original FReeper research http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884984/posts#comment Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:26:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1208226/posts Sept. 13 issue - John Kerry wanted to hit back. It had been a miserable August as he took incoming fire about his military service from a gang of hostile Vietnam vets. But no, campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill and other staffers argued, the Swift Boat ads would blow over. Finally, Kerry had had enough. For three or four days, as he campaigned across the country, Kerry ripped into Cahill, furious that the mostly baseless attacks on his valor were driving his numbers down. "He was very angry," one old friend says. "The calculation had been made that this wasn't... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1208226/posts#comment Mon, 6 Sep 2004 02:58:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1769648/posts The FBI files on the VVAW reveal that on many occations the North Vietnamese Government would call the VVAW in the United States and advise them in advance about an upcoming NV attack on the South and US troops. In these contacts the NV would advise the VVAW leaders to start ramping up for anti-war protests because as soon as the NV invaded the South Nixon would start bombing the north. This is what allowed the VVAW and other anti-war groups to mount such large anti-war protests on what seemed to be very short notice, ie Nixon starts bombing and... The FBI files on Vietnem Veterans Against the War (VVAW) and John Kerry http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1769648/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:36:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758057/posts VVAW distributes literature at an event that is used to collect intelligence on military tactics and methods in Vietnam. Considering the fact that the VVAW has meetings with the North Vietnam Communists and VVAW members travel to Moscow and Hanoi, this is a very serious matter. VVAW collects military intelligence concerning US tactics and methods in Vietnam War. FBI Files on Vietnam Veterans Against the War and John Kerry http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758057/posts#comment Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:15:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1725464/posts Here for your preview is some of the research I did during the last election. Enjoy! FBI Files http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1725464/posts#comment Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:25:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685522/posts John Kerry and Ned Lamont’s Common AncestryCorliss Lamont and the VVAWBy Fedora When John Kerry threw his political machine’s fundraising support to Ned Lamont this week, he was in a sense returning a favor the Lamont family had once done for Kerry’s old organization Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). Prior to Kerry’s affiliation with that group, Ned Lamont’s great-uncle Corliss Lamont and his great-aunt Helen had actually helped finance the creation of the VVAW in 1967. In August 1972, as US government prosecutors were preparing a case against VVAW members indicted in the “Gainesville Eight” case, FBI headquarters collected... FBI file HQ 100-448092, Section 32 (PDF pp. 31-45) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685522/posts#comment Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:07:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1684067/posts On August 8th, the Los Angeles Times published a long article in which Nick Turse and Deborah Nelson reported that Army investigators had substantiated 320 U.S. atrocities during the Vietnam War. It is not clear what the Times meant by "substantiated," since many of these investigations did not lead to criminal charges. It is also difficult to determine how many of the events, if confirmed, would qualify as war crimes, since Turse and Nelson did not distinguish between ordinary crimes by soldiers and military atrocities. The only "news" presented in the Times article was that documents on file in the... WinterSoldier.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1684067/posts#comment Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:01:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668463/posts July 17, 2006 The Honorable Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State of the United States of America U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 Dear Madam: We, the undersigned, are the citizens of Vietnam who, on April 8, 2006, have proclaimed the Manifesto 2006 which calls for democracy and freedom in Vietnam. We call ourselves Group 8406. According to the information that we received from Vietnam’s Ministry of External Affairs and the U.S. Department of States, we understand that you’ll be visiting Vietnam by the end of this month. We will be happy to welcome you here... Vietnam Human Rights http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668463/posts#comment Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:36:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667436/posts PHILADELPHIA --Several Vietnam War veterans who sued over a documentary about Sen. John Kerry's anti-war activities have dropped their libel suits, leaving just one lawsuit pending over the controversial 2004 film. Filmmaker Carlton Sherwood says the outcome shows the suits were frivolous complaints filed by Kerry operatives to try to block the film's release in the final weeks of the presidential race. "We've always believed that Kerry controlled these lawsuits," Sherwood said Monday. He said the suits were dropped as depositions got under way. "We also felt we were getting a tad too close to the truth about Kerry." Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667436/posts#comment Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:12:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1665788/posts A controversial documentary titled Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal, about Sen. John F. Kerry’s anti-Vietnam War activities in the 1970s that was released just before the 2004 presidential election sparked at least five politically charged lawsuits. Now there’s only one. In recent weeks, lawyers for the plaintiffs have dropped three libel suits brought by anti-war veterans who said they were falsely portrayed in the film made by journalist Carlton Sherwood. Sherwood was also hit with a copyright infringement suit in New York that accused him of unfairly including clips from another film and photos from a book. But that... The Legal Intelligencer Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1665788/posts#comment Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:14:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1660323/posts Goodfellow’s BedfellowsWho’s in Bed with the Washington PostBy Fedora Introduction I. A Radical Education: Boston University and Cambridge-Goddard II. Vietnam Roots: Indochina Resource Center A. Luce at International Voluntary Services B. Luce and Cornell’s Hanoi for Lunch Bunch C. Luce’s Tiger Cages and the Indochina Mobile Education Project D. Luce and Branfman: The COLIFAM Connection E. Luce, Branfman, Winter Soldier, and Project Air War F. The Indochina Resource Center: Branfman, Luce, and Goodfellow G. The IRC and the Indochina Peace Campaign: The Hayden-Fonda Link III. Post-Vietnam Transition: Campaign for a Democratic Foreign Policy and Coalition for a New Foreign and... Original FReeper research http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1660323/posts#comment Tue, 4 Jul 2006 20:02:34 GMT