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Devil_dog_for_truth
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 Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 2:41 am Post subject: Comrade Kerry's true friends pine for their friend of old |
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Reds, held at arm's lenght, feel the sting of political expendience.
http://socialistworker.org/2004-2/512/512_08_VVAW.shtml
Good swiftboat references in there.
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kate
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from the link
The Socialist Worker Online
The real story of the...Vietnam Veterans Against the War
September 17, 2004
~snip | Quote: | FOLLOWING THE Democratic National Convention, John Kerry came under sustained attack by a group of pro-Bush Vietnam veterans who call themselves Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The group charged that Kerry’s war record was a fraud and that his activities as a spokesperson for the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW)--particularly his famous speech before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971--had "dishonored" the memory of Americans who died fighting the war in Vietnam.
Kerry has faced similar charges--especially about his antiwar activism--in previous political campaigns. Yet he seemed blindsided by the attacks and tried to keep his response focused on his combat record.
The immediate goal of the Swift Boat veterans is to re-elect George W. Bush. But their campaign against Kerry also represents the latest effort by right-wing groups to erase from history the role that U.S. soldiers--both active-duty GIs and veterans who returned to the U.S.--played in ending the war in Vietnam |
~snip | Quote: | | There were two high points to Dewey Canyon III. One was Kerry’s powerful speech before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in which he asked, "How can you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How can you ask a man to die for a mistake?" The moment made Kerry into one of the most recognized figures in the antiwar movement. |
~snip | Quote: | | The struggle of U.S. soldiers against the war--and their organization, the VVAW--should be remembered, celebrated and defended. That means challenging the Swift Boat Veterans’ version of history. And it also means challenging the John Kerry of today, who wants to run away from this antiwar legacy. |
worth the read....
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