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Kerry and Unfit for Command
Col. John H. Wambough USAF (ret.)
August 25, 2004
http://www.therant.us/staff/guest/wambough/kerry_and_unfit_for_command.htm

Kerry Betrayed His Comrades In Arms. In my article Bush and Uncommon Valor, I state that although it is fair to recognize Sen. Kerry's four-month war record and medals, it is what he did after leaving the military that deserves the greatest scrutiny. He became a turncoat by misrepresenting to the American public what our soldiers were doing in Southeast Asia. As part of the anti-war movement with Jane Fonda, he maligned, mocked and discredited our soldiers. He lied about what our soldiers were doing in combat. He defamed our brave fighting men. Today, John Kerry holds a place of honor in the Communist War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City for his “heroic” contributions to the North Vietnamese victory.

So he is a war hero for the Communists and a war hero for the United States - all in the same war. How is that possible? It is certainly a unique accomplishment in the annals of warfare. Now with the book “Unfit for Command” (written by John O’Neill and Jerome Corsi and supported by inputs from more than 60 honorable Swift Boat Veterans), it is clear that several of Kerry’s combat awards were based on betrayal and deception as were his attacks against his fellow soldiers during the Vietnam War.

Kerry vilified the reputations of 2.6 million soldiers that served in combat in Southeast Asia (over a ten year period), vilified the 58,000 of our brave fighting men that died during the Vietnam conflict and vilified the 300,000 that were wounded in combat. Is it not ironic then -- that the one war hero who emerges out of the battlefields of Vietnam is John Kerry. He wants to be Commander-In-Chief. Is he a villain or a hero? If he is a hero what about the 2.6 million he labeled as villains? Are they still villains or are they now heroes or is Kerry the only real hero to emerge from Vietnam with his reputation whole?

The greatest insult our citizens could inflict upon the U.S. military would be to vote into office as Commander-in-Chief the very person who betrayed our soldiers -- while they were still fighting and dying on the battlefield and in air combat. In my view, to make him Commander-In-Chief would be unconscionable and demonstrate a profound disregard for the feelings of hundreds of thousands of Veterans.

As a combat veteran having flown in North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Laos in 1968-1969, and knowing of many Tactical Fighter Pilots who lost their lives in combat, I will not be voting for John Kerry – the man who defamed the reputations of the men and women who gave their all in behalf of the citizens of the United States of America.

My conclusion from reading “ Unfit for Command” is that Kerry still owes the U.S. taxpayer 243 days of Vietnam service based on factual misrepresentations made in his award submissions. According to “Unfit for Command”, two of John Kerry’s Purple Heart awards were based on self-inflicted wounds and were not the result of hostile fire of any kind. Since one of the requirements to be awarded a Purple Heart is enemy fire and given none took place, these awards were fraudulently obtained.

However, read the book and draw your own conclusions. The Purple Heart stories are just the tip of the iceberg of what the Swift Boat Veterans have documented about John Kerry. The book “Unfit for Command” can be purchased at Amazon. COM

Should John Kerry become President, who do you think would be in charge of the war against global terrorism? Would it be Ted Kennedy, Robert Byrd, Tom Daschel, Nancy Pelosi, Jane Fonda, pacifists, appeasers, Left-Wing anti-war, anti-military, anti-Patriot Act, anti-intelligence gathering people and the United Nations - to include the French, Germans, Russians and Chinese? These people comprise Kerry’s center of influence and the front line of his Left-Wing Democrat Party. These people (given their record) would be a lot more interested in dismantling the U.S. military and turning our national security over to the U.N. than in going after any terrorists. Beware America.

John O’Neill, Jerome Corsi and more than 60 Swift Boat Veterans (that have been courageous enough to set the record straight in "UNFIT FOR COMMAND" should be applauded; they have earned on the battlefied their right to speak out. Their voices need to be heard despite Kerry's many efforts to silence and discredit them. Also, 254 Swift Boat Veterans should be applauded for demanding that Kerry release his military and medical records by executing a Standard Form 180. Immediate release would allow the public time to review all of Kerry's records. Citizens have a right to examine Kerry’s credentials prior to voting on November 2, 2004.

Those involved in the exposure of Kerry’s military record to the public should know they will be viciously attacked by Kerry and the mass liberal media propaganda machine as being agents of the Bush Campaign -- which they are not. Also, expect that the New York Times (electronically syndicated to over 650 newspapers) will do everthing they can to trash the reputations of the Swift Boat Veterans inorder to get Kerry elected -- despite the fact that the Swift Boat Veterans are an apolitical group made up of Democrats, Republicans and Independents. Additionally, the New York Times articles (attacking the Swift Boat Veterans) will be echoed by the liberal media’s national networks—CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc. plus National Public Radio (NPR), cable TV and radio talk shows.

In closing, let me ask how many soldiers do you know who are exhibited as honorary war heroes in the Communist War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City? I know of only one, his name is John Kerry. This is hardly a qualification to be Commander-In-Chief of our Armed Forces.

Note: I suspect my fellow veterans have little interest in going back 30 to 35 years to revisit discordant memories of their Vietnam experience; the Vietnam and post Vietnam phase of our lives long ago faded into the sunset of history. However, John Kerry has chosen to bring Vietnam into the forefront of his 2004 campaign (as his most significant qualification to be Commander-In-Chief of our Armed Forces) by portraying himself as a war hero while at the same time deprecating President Bush’s military service in the Air National Guard. See my article in Insight Magazine - Left-Wingers' Attacks on Bush Are Slap in Face to Servicemen

John Wambough is a retired Air Force colonel with 28 years of service. During his career in the Air Force, Colonel Wambough flew F-105 and F-111 tactical fighter aircraft. His combat tour in Southeast Asia was in the F-105s with the 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron. He was a Fighter Squadron Commander (F – 111E aircraft, 55 TFS, Royal Air Force, Upper Heyford, United Kingdom) and later Group Commander at the same base. He served on the Air Staff and Joint Staff in the Pentagon -- and attended the National War College. He was head of the Joint Studies Group at Tactical Command Headquarters, Langley AFB, Virginia and completed his service in the Air Force as Commander of the 4442nd Tactical Control Group and Commandant of the United States Air Force Air Ground Operations School -- at Hurlburt Field, Florida. He retired in March 1990 – having served 28 years in the Air Force.
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