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The bandit · Commander Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 349

Check out Kerry's twisted logic here, by beaching a swift directly in front of enemy fire any troops onboard in the stern would be protected. Obviously Kerry forgot one minor detail: if it is a small canal what happens if the take fire from the opposite shore? I'd hate to be one of them troops in the stern being chewed up with lead with no place to go.

Of course, Kerry had a much different story he told CNN why he beached - his boat was loaded down with troops preventing him from escaping.

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The New Yorker
The Long War of John Kerry
by Joe Klein
Posted 2004-01-05

"He had talked to me about trying something different," Mike Medeiros, a crew member from San Leandro, California, said. "He said he was tired of just going up the river and getting shot at. He asked me what I thought about turning to attack the enemy positions if we took fire and no one was hurt. I said it might not be a bad idea."

If he turned his boats toward the shore, Kerry believed, he would transform a long, horizontal target into a narrower, vertical one. "It would concentrate both of our machine guns directly on the point of fire and surprise the hell out of them," and it would keep the twenty soldiers each boat was carrying astern out of the line of fire, Kerry recalled. "When the firing began, I gave the order to turn and_phoom!_we just went in and beached and took them by complete surprise, and we routed them and we didn't take a wound."

As Kerry's boat crashed ashore, a lone Vietcong stood up holding a B-40 rocket-propelled grenade launcher. "When he first stood up, he froze, because he didn't expect to see us staring him in the face, literally ten yards away." The man was wounded by one of Kerry's crewmates and began to run; Kerry leaped off the boat and chased him. "I didn't want to let him get away. I didn't want him to run away and turn around with an active B-40 and take us out. There but for the grace of God . . . The guy could have pulled the trigger and I wouldn't be here today."

Was he standing and aiming? In the June 16, 2003, edition, Kerry told the Boston Globe the Vietcong was running away with a rocket launcher, and Kerry shot him because he could have turned and fired. Kerry said he shot him to keep him from running behind a hut. Kerry said the Vietcong was hurt, and others were firing from other directions, but he was still dangerous. The article said Medeiros, who had an M-60 when aboard, had tried to fire but failed. It said Belodeau's gun had jammed.

tigerflyboy · Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 4:34 pm Post subject: so if I read this right

you now say that Kerry has been quoated as stating he was loaded down with troops, but last week you toldMr Reese that he did not have anybody on his boat, after Doug Reese tried to let you know that he did indeed have troop on the craft. And you accuse Kerry of Flip Flopping!

h3digital · Seaman Recruit Joined: 02 Jun 2004 Posts: 49

no wonder he calls him or herself the bandit Smile

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DELTREE · Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 7:23 pm Post subject:

h3digital, The Facts and Proof are in: J.Fonda Kerry is a BUM!!
Take Care your Friend and Truth Teller DELTREE Laughing

The bandit · Commander Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 349

ASPB · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 4:27 am Post subject: Re: so if I read this right

DevilDon · Lt.Jg. Joined: 16 May 2004 Posts: 102 Location: Milwaukee

Good material ASPB, this guy flip flops more than the California coastline.

jalexson · Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:15 am Post subject: Re: so if I read this right