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Originally Posted by peragro
Well, I'm figuring that the ax Burkett has to grind is to do with folks who claim to be soldiers when they're not, lie about what it was they did when they were soldiers and reporters that make up quotes that illustrate the viewpoint of the reporter at the expense of the country and the soldiers fighting the war that the objective reporter is supposed to be objectivly covering. I just really don't see why he would be so pissed about those things???  I mean really, can you?? 
As far as that O'Neill guy goes, I mean DUUUUUUDDDDE!!!!!
This guy was such a hard-core Bush Neo-con Republican fascist that he's a registered Democrat and started disagreeing with Kerry about what it was that Kerry did in Vietnam when he was there and what Kerry did when he got home in the early 70's. I mean, it was brilliant, man! Your dude, O'Neill started swift-boating Kerry way back when on the Dick Cavett show, like, over 30 years before he ran against Bush. That just proves that Bush is really Satan - I mean, who else could manipulate Time like that???  |
You ought to be embarrassed by this sort of crap. Burkett believed our presence in Vietnam was good and honorable. He was deeply offended at the very notion that US forces could possibly do wrong. O'Neill came across like a pin - headed punk up against Kerry arrogant smoothy routine. They were both hard to take.
In an earlier post, you mentioned that many of the reviewers of Burkett's book were Nam vets who spoke well of it.
What's this? You mean all those guys who took part in the Swift Boating in '04 weren't actors? I'm supposed to be surprised that many vets believe the only problem with Vietnam is that they weren't allowed to "finish the job?" (not an actual quote, Botnst).
You prove nothing here other than the fact that you've already made up your mind about these things, most of which took place while you were still in diapers. You trumpet the "evidence" that supports your desired conclusion and dismiss that which doesn't. And then you presume to lecture me about what is science and what is not.
Seek ye some learning, young Peragro.