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![]() "Corky Scott" wrote in message ... On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 21:45:05 -0700, "Tom Sixkiller" wrote: "Peter" wrote in message news:LA%Qb.152462$na.260922@attbi_s04... According to CNN (and numerous other sources), Kerry has been awarded both distinctions: "It was in 1971 that Kerry, then 27, appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to speak out against U.S. policy in Vietnam. And that testimony is going to be a part of his downfall when it gets thoroughly analyzed during the later campaign. Why might that be? Gross slander and dereliction of duty for starters. |
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
... "Corky Scott" wrote in message ... On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 21:45:05 -0700, "Tom Sixkiller" wrote: "Peter" wrote in message news:LA%Qb.152462$na.260922@attbi_s04... According to CNN (and numerous other sources), Kerry has been awarded both distinctions: "It was in 1971 that Kerry, then 27, appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to speak out against U.S. policy in Vietnam. And that testimony is going to be a part of his downfall when it gets thoroughly analyzed during the later campaign. Why might that be? Gross slander and dereliction of duty for starters. What a totalitarian sentiment. "Slandering the state" is what the Soviet Union used to charge dissidents with when they denounced acts of international aggression committed by their country, as Kerry had the courage to do with regard to the US invasion and conquest of South Vietnam. Dereliction of duty? One of an officer's principal duties under domestic and international law is to prevent his own side from committing war crimes. If Kerry had remained silent about the massive, systematic atrocities committed by the US in its brutal attempt to impose a puppet dictatorship upon the people of South Vietnam (killing literally millions of people in the process), THAT would have been a dereliction of his legal and moral duty as a soldier, a citizen, and a human being. --Gary |
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![]() "Gary Drescher" wrote in message news:qgtRb.127200$5V2.656621@attbi_s53... "Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message ... Why might that be? Gross slander and dereliction of duty for starters. What a totalitarian sentiment. "Slandering the state" is what the Soviet Union used to charge dissidents with when they denounced acts of international aggression committed by their country, as Kerry had the courage to do with regard to the US invasion and conquest of South Vietnam. Where did I say he slandered the "state"? Dereliction of duty? One of an officer's principal duties under domestic and international law is to prevent his own side from committing war crimes. Yes, it is. So why did he "see" so many attrocities and do nothing, as he would be required to do in his duty as an officer, about them? If Kerry had remained silent about the massive, systematic atrocities committed by the US in its brutal attempt to impose a puppet dictatorship upon the people of South Vietnam (killing literally millions of people in the process), THAT would have been a dereliction of his legal and moral duty as a soldier, a citizen, and a human being. Before you decide to spin for the fellow, you might look past your rhetoric and review his remarks and his actions. |
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
... "Gary Drescher" wrote in message news:qgtRb.127200$5V2.656621@attbi_s53... "Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message ... Why might that be? Gross slander and dereliction of duty for starters. What a totalitarian sentiment. "Slandering the state" is what the Soviet Union used to charge dissidents with when they denounced acts of international aggression committed by their country, as Kerry had the courage to do with regard to the US invasion and conquest of South Vietnam. Where did I say he slandered the "state"? Perhaps I misunderstood. If you were not referring to Kerry's criticism of the actions of the US government and the US military, then whom, specifically, do you claim Kerry slandered and what, specifically, are the false accusations that the alleged slander consisted of? Dereliction of duty? One of an officer's principal duties under domestic and international law is to prevent his own side from committing war crimes. Yes, it is. So why did he "see" so many attrocities and do nothing, as he would be required to do in his duty as an officer, about them? Kerry and his organization gathered documentation of far more than what he personally witnessed. And his testimony before Congress *was* doing something about it. If Kerry had remained silent about the massive, systematic atrocities committed by the US in its brutal attempt to impose a puppet dictatorship upon the people of South Vietnam (killing literally millions of people in the process), THAT would have been a dereliction of his legal and moral duty as a soldier, a citizen, and a human being. Before you decide to spin for the fellow, you might look past your rhetoric and review his remarks and his actions. I'm not spinning for Kerry. I find plenty to criticize him for (such as voting to let Bush unilaterally go to war in Iraq under false pretenses). But Kerry's activism in opposition to the US war in Vietnam was exemplary of how patriots and humanitarians ought to behave. --Gary |
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![]() "Gary Drescher" wrote in message news:GvvRb.36384$U%5.211716@attbi_s03... "Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message ... "Gary Drescher" wrote in message news:qgtRb.127200$5V2.656621@attbi_s53... "Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message ... Why might that be? Gross slander and dereliction of duty for starters. What a totalitarian sentiment. "Slandering the state" is what the Soviet Union used to charge dissidents with when they denounced acts of international aggression committed by their country, as Kerry had the courage to do with regard to the US invasion and conquest of South Vietnam. Where did I say he slandered the "state"? Perhaps I misunderstood. If you were not referring to Kerry's criticism of the actions of the US government and the US military, then whom, specifically, do you claim Kerry slandered and what, specifically, are the false accusations that the alleged slander consisted of? Perhaps you should read a transcript of his testimony. Dereliction of duty? One of an officer's principal duties under domestic and international law is to prevent his own side from committing war crimes. Yes, it is. So why did he "see" so many attrocities and do nothing, as he would be required to do in his duty as an officer, about them? Kerry and his organization gathered documentation of far more than what he personally witnessed. They gathered anecdotes. And his testimony before Congress *was* doing something about it. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Right...that's how military officers do their duty. If Kerry had remained silent about the massive, systematic atrocities committed by the US in its brutal attempt to impose a puppet dictatorship upon the people of South Vietnam (killing literally millions of people in the process), THAT would have been a dereliction of his legal and moral duty as a soldier, a citizen, and a human being. Before you decide to spin for the fellow, you might look past your rhetoric and review his remarks and his actions. I'm not spinning for Kerry. I find plenty to criticize him for (such as voting to let Bush unilaterally go to war in Iraq under false pretenses). Do have a clue what "unilateral" means? Do you ahve a clue what "false pretenses" means? But Kerry's activism in opposition to the US war in Vietnam was exemplary of how patriots and humanitarians ought to behave. Do you have a clue about ANYTHING? He's a dollar...buy a clue!! |
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
... "Gary Drescher" wrote in message Perhaps I misunderstood. If you were not referring to Kerry's criticism of the actions of the US government and the US military, then whom, specifically, do you claim Kerry slandered and what, specifically, are the false accusations that the alleged slander consisted of? Perhaps you should read a transcript of his testimony. I have indeed read a transcript of Kerry's pivotal Winter Soldier Investigation testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 22, 1971. I repeat my question: what, specifically, do you see as a false accusation against any person in Kerry's testimony? What is the accusation in question, and what is your evidence that it was false? Do you have a clue about ANYTHING? He's a dollar...buy a clue!! Do you have a clue about how to have a civil exchange of ideas? Or are you only able to converse with people who agree with you? If you're going to deluge this newsgroup with repetitive, off-topic proclamations of your opinions (and apparently no thought fleets through your mind that you consider too trite or trivial to warrant everyone's attention here), you could at least refrain from responding with vacuous insults when others challenge you to support your assertions. --Gary |
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Invest your money where it's needed. You need a LOT of clues.
mike regish "Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message ... Do you have a clue about ANYTHING? He's a dollar...buy a clue!! |
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