VIET 'ATROCITIES' NOW CLOBBER KERRY

New York Post ^ | 5/06/04 | DEBORAH ORIN

[kattracks]

May 6, 2004 -- IT was bizarre yesterday to hear John Kerry criticize President Bush over the Iraqi prisoner-abuse scandal, considering Kerry publicly confessed to committing war "atrocities" when he served in Vietnam. "Yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers," Kerry told "Meet the Press" in 1971, ticking off "free-fire zones" and burning villages in violation of the Geneva Convention.

[thoughtomator]

Hey it's not every election the Democrats nominate a confessed war criminal.

[weegee]

He now says some of his words were inappropriate but has never recanted his claims of U.S. atrocities by himself and others - recanting would mean saying he lied in sworn testimony to Congress.

Actually Kerry has recanted (several times I believe). The one transcript I've read is from an interview with Tim Russert in 2001. He characterized his claims of committing war crimes to be the words of an "angry young man" (a LIE). To lie to the media repeatedly (as well as Congress even if he wasn't under oath) in a time of war provides aid and comfort to the enemy. It is an act of treason. Axis Sally was convicted of treason after WWII.

[Squantos]

Nothing quite like these democrats that try to put one war criminal in the white house and demand 6 more "war criminals" (sorry I missed the verdict at their trial) be sentenced to the big house at Levenworth ! Their mantra of all for me and none for thee is as thick as six foot up a bulls butt IMHO.

Just my opinion of course....Stay Safe !

[Ruth A.]

I wonder if all this talk about VN has Kerry in nightmares. It should.

[Robert_Paulson2]

* Kerry still has no war room, despite Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's warning that it's vital.

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wake up dumb arse pubbies!
KERRY is NOT yet the nominee.
And his boss is telling him about it...

hillary is running folks.

[highlander_UW]

Hey it's not every election the Democrats nominate a confessed war criminal.

Dimocrats I talk with seem to think that it should not only be pardoned because he was courageous enough to testify to it, but that he should be commended as another level of hero.

[The Raven]

[bolobaby]

Sigh... I wish I could get the NY POST where I live. Internet just doesn't do it the justice it deserves.

[bolobaby]

Sigh... I wish I could get the NY POST where I live. Internet just doesn't do it the justice it deserves.

[bolobaby]

Sigh... I wish I could get the NY POST where I live. Internet just doesn't do it the justice it deserves.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Boston Globe - By Joan Vennochi - The wrongful acts of a few***Using the story of Abu Ghraib for political advantage now is a mistake; it will only fuel his (Kerry's) opponents' fire. Denounce the wrongdoers, call for the appropriate punishment and follow-up investigations, but do not drag American soldiers into the vortex of presidential politics.***

[Ladysmith]

How much you wanna bet Hillary! has had her warroom set up for some time?

[Green Knight]

Anyone got links to audio of Kerry saying this and other things? I figured it might be a good idea to get all this audio grouped together in one place where any FReeper can find it. Then when someone is going on a John Kerry FReep, they can download all those audio tracks of Kerry, burn them to disc, and can play them on the radio at the FReep repeatedly.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Another of Sen. Byrd's constituents. I think we need to investigate Robert Byrd!

W.Va. reservist caught up in a storm of controversy***FORT ASHBY, W.Va. - Lynndie England loved a good storm. Growing up in West Virginia, in a quiet crossroads of a town called Fort Ashby, she would seek them out. During tornado warnings, her mother recalls, she would have to drag her daughter back inside the house. Meteorology, her former teachers say, was the career she wanted to pursue - specifically, as a storm chaser.

Now, the storm has found England. The 21-year-old Army reservist is perhaps the most visible character in the controversy over the abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison: the thumbs-up, pixieish, T-shirted soldier, smiling, pointing and posing for the camera with naked and humiliated Iraqi inmates.

Terrie England, still waiting yesterday to hear whether her daughter was going to be charged criminally, has seen the photographs more times than she can stand. "It's all over the news, but we're not hearing anything new. They just keep showing the pictures," she said. "How many times do I have to see those pictures?"

Sitting in their living room, Lynndie England's parents say they are convinced she was not involved in any interrogations, that she was not part of any abuse and that she is not getting a fair shake from the military she loved.

Since January, they say, she has been asking for legal representation and gotten none. For the past month, she has been restricted to the Army base at Fort Bragg, N.C., awaiting word on what repercussions she faces for, in their view, being in the wrong place at the wrong time and being photographed there.

They have not seen her since just before Christmas, when she was home on two weeks' leave. Sick, tired, coughing and about 25 pounds lighter than when she left, she spent most of the time sleeping, they say.

An independent sort known to speak her mind, Lynndie England joined the Reserves while she was a junior at Frankfort High School in Ridgely, W.Va. She was known for doing her work, causing no trouble, and for wearing combat boots and camouflage fatigues to school. After her junior year, while most students were on vacation or at summer jobs, she went to basic training. ***

[Right_in_Virginia]

hillary is running folks.

Is her platform going to be "I'm not Kerry"?

[dennisw]

Actually Kerry has recanted (several times I believe). The one transcript I've read is from an interview with Tim Russert in 2001. He characterized his claims of committing war crimes to be the words of an "angry young man" (a LIE). To lie to the media repeatedly (as well as Congress even if he wasn't under oath) in a time of war provides aid and comfort to the enemy. It is an act of treason. Axis Sally was convicted of treason after WWII.
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It isn't John Kerry's fault if his line of BS doesn't play well nationwide. It worked great for years with liberal Massachusetts voters and Kerry doesn't know any better way. He's robotically trotting out the same line of BS for the nation.

[leprechaun9]

My understanding is that there is no statute of limitation on war crimes - INDICT AND TRY JOHN FREAKIN' KERRY NOW!!!

[no more apples]

Is her platform going to be "I'm not Kerry"?

No, Hil-liar doesn't need a platform. She'll wait until the last minute to jump on board so that there won't be time to investigate her past for the general public.

[Jaxter]

"When I was in Vietnam, (did I mention I was in Vietnam?)we didn't take prisoners. We'd finish them off with our M-16's. Can't get a Silver Star by taking prisoners. Anyway, if we did take prisoners, we would have never made them strip and make fun of them. That would have been wrong."