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[Norman Rogers]

This is a repeat in part from my post on O'Neill's Newshour segment.

O'Neill has given us a sense of the timeframes of the PCF-3 disablement and rescue -- an hour and a half.

Now we can better understand how contradictory are the accounts of the Swifties and Mr. Rassmann (and how incomplete are the commendations -- we really need to see the after-action report(s))

Here's what so important about O'Neill's remarks this evening:

I had never gotten a sense of the duration of the rescue of PCF-3. Now O'Neill puts it at an hour and a half. What's important about this is that it puts the lie to Kerry's claims (and the "official accounts in the commendations") that these men and these boats were receiving hostile fire.

An Hour and a Half!!!! And NO CASUALTIES! And NO BULLET DAMAGE TO ANY BOAT?

There was no hostile fire. This puts the lie to Kerry. And none of his crewman nor even Rassman can contradict this.

Indeed, this is the question I would put to Rassmann: How long after Kerry retrieved you from the river did the little flotilla leave the scene, PCF-3 in tow?

My sense of the timeline is that Kerry came back within five minutes or so and picked up Rassmann. That leaves another hour and twentyfive minutes (or so) that they were hanging around rescuing the 3 boat and towing it back for repairs.

So, let's test Mr. Rassman's recollections. Let's get whomever interviews him next to ask him about these timeframes. So far, all Rassman has claimed is that he was being sniped at WHILE HE WAS IN THE WATER. Let's ask him what happened while he was drying off -- FOR THE NEXT HOUR AND TWENTYFIVE MINUTES! Was there hostile fire then? What did you do during this interval? Were you in hiding? Did you fire back?

And one more thing, Mr. Rassmann: Were you wearing any flotatin device -- like a mae west? I'm curious how you dove to the bottom of the river if you were wearing such a device.

[NavyChief]

Excellent questions, Norman

- instigator
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Working with Senator Kerry four years in the POW/MIA Office left me thinking -- when did the man ever do any work?

[Beldar]

Heh -- Norman, I also think they're great questions, which I why I quoted them from the comment you left on my blog on another thread here that was discussing the News Hour interview -- http://www.swiftvets.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=27242#27242 ....