Monday, April 19, 2004
Kerry: Yes, Yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities.
(Videotape, MEET THE PRESS, April 18, 1971):
MR. KERRY (Vietnam Veterans Against the War): "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-caliber 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...."
Lieutenant Calley was tried for committing the "same kind of atrocities". Will Kerry, now be tried?
MSNBC: Kerry grapples with wars in Vietnam, Iraq.
Kerry on Meet The Press- Transcript for April 18 (Click Here)
Story still developing……..
So come back to CBlountBlog and look for Updates.
Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics:
Kerry Inflates Combat Action in 'Meet the Press' Account
Kerry:"We were in combat. We were in a very, very - probably one of the most frightening - if you ask anybody who was with me, the two guys who were with me, was probably the most frightening night that they had that they were in Vietnam."
"But in his account to biograpger Brinkley, Kerry dismissed the altercation as "a minor skirmish."
"It was a half-assed action that hardly qualified as combat," he confessed, in a discrepancy first reported Sunday by FreeRepublic.com."
Kerry's War Wound Called 'Fingernail Scrape'
"Retired Lt. Cmdr. Grant Hibbard tells the Boston Globe that he can still recall Kerry's wound, and that "it resembled a scrape from a fingernail," the paper said."
"I've had thorns from a rose that were worse," Hibbard insists."
"Still, the former Navy man remembered that Kerry insisted on receiving a Purple Heart for the wound he said was incurred during a Dec. 3, 1968 skirmish with Viet Cong near Cam Ranh Bay."
"He had a little scratch on his forearm, and he was holding a piece of shrapnel," Hibbard told the Globe. "People in the office were saying, 'I don't think we got any fire,' and there is a guy holding a little piece of shrapnel in his palm."
"Kerry was awarded two additional Purple Hearts for subsequent wounds that have also been described as minor."
"He then invoked a little-used regulation that entitled a triple Purple Heart winner to return to the United States."
Former Sen. Max Cleland, a Kerry supporter who lost three limbs in Vietnam, was never awarded a Purple Heart.
Kerry: My Vietnam Med Records Already Public
"Asked if he would "agree to release all your military records," Kerry told NBC's "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert: "I have. I've shown them."
"In the next breath, however, a clearly agitated Kerry pulled back from the claim that he had publicly released his Vietnam records, telling Russert: "They're available to you to come and look at. ... People can come and see them at headquarters and take a look at them."
"Moments later Kerry seemed to suggest that he would not publicly release copies of the records to the press, saying, "I'm not going to ..., " before changing the subject in mid-sentence."
Kerry just opened up another can of worms. See how MajorMedia will not Cover this story.
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(Videotape, MEET THE PRESS, April 18, 1971):
MR. KERRY (Vietnam Veterans Against the War): "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-caliber 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...."
Lieutenant Calley was tried for committing the "same kind of atrocities". Will Kerry, now be tried?
MSNBC: Kerry grapples with wars in Vietnam, Iraq.
Kerry on Meet The Press- Transcript for April 18 (Click Here)
Story still developing……..
So come back to CBlountBlog and look for Updates.
Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics:
Kerry Inflates Combat Action in 'Meet the Press' Account
Kerry:"We were in combat. We were in a very, very - probably one of the most frightening - if you ask anybody who was with me, the two guys who were with me, was probably the most frightening night that they had that they were in Vietnam."
"But in his account to biograpger Brinkley, Kerry dismissed the altercation as "a minor skirmish."
"It was a half-assed action that hardly qualified as combat," he confessed, in a discrepancy first reported Sunday by FreeRepublic.com."
Kerry's War Wound Called 'Fingernail Scrape'
"Retired Lt. Cmdr. Grant Hibbard tells the Boston Globe that he can still recall Kerry's wound, and that "it resembled a scrape from a fingernail," the paper said."
"I've had thorns from a rose that were worse," Hibbard insists."
"Still, the former Navy man remembered that Kerry insisted on receiving a Purple Heart for the wound he said was incurred during a Dec. 3, 1968 skirmish with Viet Cong near Cam Ranh Bay."
"He had a little scratch on his forearm, and he was holding a piece of shrapnel," Hibbard told the Globe. "People in the office were saying, 'I don't think we got any fire,' and there is a guy holding a little piece of shrapnel in his palm."
"Kerry was awarded two additional Purple Hearts for subsequent wounds that have also been described as minor."
"He then invoked a little-used regulation that entitled a triple Purple Heart winner to return to the United States."
Former Sen. Max Cleland, a Kerry supporter who lost three limbs in Vietnam, was never awarded a Purple Heart.
Kerry: My Vietnam Med Records Already Public
"Asked if he would "agree to release all your military records," Kerry told NBC's "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert: "I have. I've shown them."
"In the next breath, however, a clearly agitated Kerry pulled back from the claim that he had publicly released his Vietnam records, telling Russert: "They're available to you to come and look at. ... People can come and see them at headquarters and take a look at them."
"Moments later Kerry seemed to suggest that he would not publicly release copies of the records to the press, saying, "I'm not going to ..., " before changing the subject in mid-sentence."
Kerry just opened up another can of worms. See how MajorMedia will not Cover this story.
Go to InternetMedia, Where Researchers, Analysis, and Bloggers go first for today's News.
