Unfit for Command, By John E. O'Neill and Jerome L. Corsi - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

sfloriII · #1 08-26-2004, 12:53 PM

Here are three excerpts from the book. These were published in the Washington Times recently.

Part I:

Link to entire excerpt here

Short excerpt here:

"In the history of Swift Boats in Vietnam, all military personnel served a tour of duty of at least one year unless seriously wounded. Among the few exceptions was John Kerry, who requested to leave Vietnam in 1969 after four months, citing a regulation that permitted release of personnel with three Purple Hearts.
Kerry, now the four-term senator from Massachusetts and the Democratic presidential nominee, is also the only known "Swiftee" who received the Purple Heart for a self-inflicted wound.
None of Kerry's three Purple Hearts was for serious injuries. They were minor scratches, resulting in no lost duty time."

Part II

'Sampan incident' belies heroic image [Entire text]

Short excerpt here:

"John Kerry invented a "war hero" persona in his private journals and in the home movies he filmed and staged in Vietnam. Playing the lead role, he developed a past intended to advance his future political ambitions.
In reality, Kerry was regarded by his Navy peers as reckless with human life. Although Douglas Brinkley's biography "Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War" recalls that Kerry used the call sign "Square Jaw" for a short time, it doesn't mention the sign he actually used for most of his four months in Vietnam: "Boston Strangler."
Kerry portrays himself as a Swift Boat officer constantly protesting to his superiors about criminal war policies and inappropriate tactics. In reality, while Kerry constantly complained about the location of assignments to his peers, he hardly ever said a word of protest or spoke out in objection to any superior officer."

Part III
An angry dispute over a rescue in the river. [Entire text]

Short ecxerpt here:

"John Kerry was involved in his final "combat" in Vietnam on March 13, 1969.
The public has seen it: The incident has been the subject of more than $50 million in paid political advertising.
The incident was featured before the Democratic presidential caucuses in Iowa, where Kerry met in tearful reunion with Jim Rassmann, the Special Forces lieutenant who he "rescued from the water."
Here is Kerry's account of the final episode of his four-month Vietnam cameo, for which he received his third Purple Heart and a Bronze Star:
A mine went off alongside Kerry's Swift Boat, PCF 94. Rassmann was blown into the water. Kerry was terribly wounded from the underwater mine.
Kerry, 25, turned his boat back into the fire zone and, bleeding heavily from his arm and side, reached into the water and pulled Rassmann to safety with enemy fire all around. Kerry then towed a sinking boat out of the action.
There is only one problem with this scenario involving five Swift Boats on the Bay Hap River, described in Douglas Brinkley's biography "Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War" (William Morrow, 2004) and elsewhere: It is another gross exaggeration of what actually happened and, in several ways, a fraud perpetrated upon the Navy and the nation.
Kerry's conduct on March 13, 1969, was more worthy of disciplinary action than any sort of medal. The action certainly does not establish his credentials for becoming the president of the United States."

Joe Bauers · #2 08-26-2004, 01:01 PM

Gee, do you have any detailed descriptions of the dental work George Bush received at the time Kerry was being such a wuss on his swift boat? I mean dental work, man, now THAT's gallantry!

Joe B.

KyGuy · #3 08-26-2004, 01:08 PM

Good stuff.

sfloriII · #4 08-26-2004, 01:09 PM

I suppose any refutation of Kerry's actions in Vietnam is too much to handle.

So here's a picture of Bush's dental records. No reading needed.

Bush's dental records, early 70's

Joe Bauers · #5 08-26-2004, 01:14 PM

Posted by SFloriII: I suppose any refutation of Kerry's actions in Vietnam is too much to handle.

So here's a picture of Bush's dental records. No reading needed.

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Thanks for sharing. Yes, at a time when he could have put up--or shut up--our future Commandeer in Chief was getting that mouth IN SHAPE! Except--I thought chicken hawks had no teeth.

Joe B.

koop · #6 08-26-2004, 01:18 PM

So did you intentionally wait until the book and it's accounts had been discredited before posting this or did you just miss the last week of news?

sfloriII · #7 08-26-2004, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koop

So did you intentionally wait until the book and it's accounts had been discredited before posting this or did you just miss the last week of news?

You gotta read between the lines. Anyone who's seen any kind of news over the last thirty years knows there's a "refutation" for anything. Read and decide for yourself. That's why I posted.

Bokonon · #8 08-26-2004, 01:38 PM

As we all know, the Regnery Press publishing house has only the HIGHEST regard for the truth, whereas the media outlets that have issued the refutations are just a bunch of liberal criminals, communists, insane asylum escapees, etc., and have NO credibility, and everything they say can be dismissed out of hand.

Same thing with the veterans that served with Kerry in the boat. Can't believe them. No credibility.

Same thing with the military records, and the medal citations for Kerry AND the guys who are now making the allegations against him. All a crock. It was wartime. They were confused about whether there were bullets in the air or not. Probably just mosquitos.

It is also a fact that the more times you repeat an allegation, the more true it gets. Unless the allegation is done by a liberal. They're partisan.

So -- thank you for printing those excerpts! It certainly has convinced ME that John Kerry is unfit to be President!

This is the best thing Regnery has done for the nation since revealing to the world all those murders that Bill Clinton committed at the Mena airstrip.

sfloriII · #9 08-26-2004, 01:19 PM

Through his presidency he has struck me and the entire planet as quite the coward.