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(This is making the circles, pretty right f'n on imo).
Semper fi
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Carry On!!

Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold
By Barbara Stock
IntellectualConservative.com | September 13, 2004

The unprecedented injustice inflicted on the Vietnam vets has always lain just under the surface, waiting for a chance to be uncovered. The feelings of betrayal had faded, but they were never resolved.

Over thirty years ago they put away their medals and their uniforms. They buried their anger and bitterness and moved on with their lives - and they waited.



Revisionists are trying to change history, claiming the returning Vietnam veterans didn't suffer all that much when they returned home. All that talk of being labeled animals has been exaggerated over the years. But the veterans know better. They were there.



On the radio last week, one man related that he had unpacked the uniform that he wore home from Vietnam all those years ago. It had not seen the light of day for over thirty years. He showed it to his children and grandchildren and, for the first time, spoke of the day that he returned home from war and was spat on, cursed at, and literally had to run a gauntlet of protesters who threw human waste and rotten fruit on him and his fellow vets. With the words "baby killers" ringing in his ears he was warned by laughing policemen not to retaliate or he would be arrested. So he ran. The able-bodied helped the wounded as they do on any battlefield because those on crutches or in wheelchairs were not spared the profanity and bags full of feces that were thrown at them by the raging anti-war protesters.



This now middle-aged vet went on to tell his family that he had hid in the bathroom at the airport for over two hours, bewildered and afraid. He wondered if he had landed in some foreign land where Americans were hated. Finally, he cleaned up the uniform he was still proud to wear as best he could and made his way to his plane, where he suffered more insults from the passengers. When he got home, he packed up his medals and his dirty uniform, just as it was, and he knew that one day, he would take it out again and he would have his say. That day has come.



One POW stated that he had never put a face to the name until he heard the words "Genghis Khan" pronounced only as John Kerry does and suffered his first flashback to the time he was being tormented by Kerry's words in a North Vietnamese prison camp.



They buried their anger and the bitterness - and they waited. Most of them didn't know who or what would be the signal to make their move, but they knew they would recognize it when it happened.



On July 29, 2004, it happened. John Forbes Kerry came to the podium at the Democratic Convention and uttered three words that made many Vietnam vets skin crawl: "Reporting for Duty!" At last the time had come for these long-suffering veterans.



The past was staring back at these wrongly disgraced vets from their television sets. The face it bore was that of John Kerry, the man who had shredded their honor without a thought and climbed over the bodies of their fallen friends to launch a political career. Kerry had stripped them of their dignity the day he sat before Congress in his fatigues and portrayed them as "baby killers" and "murderers."



Kerry did the unspeakable. He had publicly turned on his fellow vets while they were still in harm's way and American prisoners were still in the hands of the enemy. Kerry accused them of being out-of-control animals, killing, raping, and pillaging Vietnam at will. The anti-war movement - the protesters - had their hero and he was a Vietnam War veteran, an officer, a medal winner, a wounded warrior: John Forbes Kerry.



Many Vietnam vets buried the memories of their less-than-welcome homecoming, and John Kerry moved off the national scene. The feelings of betrayal had faded, but they were never resolved. The unprecedented injustice inflicted on the Vietnam vets has always lain just under the surface, waiting for a chance to be uncovered. The war had stolen their youth and innocence and John Kerry stole their dignity and rightful place of honor in history.



Like an unlanced boil, the anger festered but there was nothing that could ease the pain. These vets didn't ask for "forgiveness" because they had done nothing wrong in serving their country. They never asked to be treated as heroes, just good soldiers. All they have ever wanted was the respect due all the men and women who have worn the uniform of this country. Being allowed to march in a few parades wasn't enough. A long over-due memorial was not enough. The Vietnam Veterans moveable wall only brought back the suffering as they searched for the names of their fallen friends whose memory had been defiled and disgraced by people who considered them rampaging killers instead of men who died with honor for their country.



Now before them stands this man who would be president - this man who holds his service in Vietnam up as a badge of honor now that it suits his purposes. This man Kerry brags about his medals and his tiny wounds and demands the respect they were denied, yet he offers no apologies for what he did to them. "I will be a great leader!" Kerry proclaims, because of his brief and self-proclaimed valiant service while wearing a uniform - the very same uniform that they wore and were spat upon because of it.



All across America, soiled uniforms and memories of being shamed and humiliated have surfaced and Vietnam vets demand their rightful place in history. John Kerry seems bewildered by the reaction of his "fellow vets." He has become defensive and angry because now his service and honor are being questioned. Kerry seems oblivious to the pain he caused three decades ago [when] he stole all honor and dignity from those same "fellow vets" for personal gain. Now he wants to use them again, for the same reason.



All across America, Vietnam vets are smiling. At last, perhaps they can bury their demons. These angry vets are demanding that this man who sentenced them to being shunned as criminals, tell the world that he was wrong and that he is sorry for what he did to them. Kerry must admit that he lied about them.



For many, it would still not be enough. Satisfaction and hopefully peace will come when Vietnam vets see and hear John F. Kerry give his concession speech the night of November 2, 2004 with the knowledge that it was their votes that helped defeat him. There are approximately 2.5 million Vietnam veterans in America and they have not forgotten.



Kerry denied them their rightful place as heroes and they will deny him his dream of the presidency. Angry Vietnam veterans, silent for so long, will finally have their say. Payment in full will be delivered to John Kerry on November 2, 2004.

[roughfun]

Paybacks a Mother F....r. Semper Fi.

[shooter]

[WBrown]

One of the best articles I've read, right to the point and accurate. I just hope and pray that when I wake on November 3rd, John F. Kerry will be just another name lost to history as a man who lost his bid to be president. This Navy Vet can't wait to get to the voting booth on 2 Nov. When I cast my vote I'll be thinking of what Jackie Gleeson used to say, "How sweet it is."

[gocars]

John Kerry will reap what he has sown in the past. In the days before the election I hope that he is fully exposed for what he is: A coward, a liar, a treasonist and so he thinks, an opportunist.

gocars
'Nam 67-70
U.S. Army Rangers Lead the Way
"Sua Sponte"

[jmckcay8497]

[Redleg]

Excellent article Bro. Some of what you wrote really hit home. I remember before Vietnam became unpopular with the public, drinking in a bar with my Dad (110th FA 29th Inf Div France '44) the older vets from WWII and Korea used to pat me on the back and state things like: Buck Sergeant, huh? Why, I never made it past Buck Private.
After my return, some of these same people would say: Vietnam was not a real war and is it true what they say you guys did? (Little did they understand all the crap and fear we had to put up with on a daily basis.)
I have forgiven them and most of the anti-war hippies in my heart a long time ago, but am unable to forgive the likes of John Kerry and the rest of the Viet Vets against the war. I believe that some how the war had immediately made them bitter persons and they will someday be proven to have been on the wrong side of history.
John it is boo koo payback time. Too bad you forgot that we are still around and didn't just fade away.
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[Rich]

Ever wonder how many Military people are still alive and holding voting cards? Millions and Millions! And on Nov. 2 were going to descend on voting booths like an army. Along with our families. And bad weather aint going to keep us away! LT Kerry is going to take one last trip down that river I'll tell you that...............Rich
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[roughfun]

I've always been sure Kerry would loose this because I refuse to believe the PEOPLE are as dumb as the dems think we are. The dems already are preparing lawsuits to contest the election and try to make it SEEM ILLIGITAMITE. They cannot get their ideas approved at the ballot box so will try to get the courts to implement their agenda. Thats why they fight these court nominees so hard. Down the road I dont know how many yrs when the ballot box and courts fail them they will resort to violence. If you look how the left has come into power all over the world it is rarely by any type of vote. "TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL" Their fight will be right here in the USA.