[Vision2020] Kerry 'Unfit to be Commander-in-Chief', Say Former Military Colleagues
Dick Schmidt
dickschmidt@moscow.com
Mon, 3 May 2004 09:13:11 -0700
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All,
This is on the Drudge Report. Facts or dirty politics?
Dick Schmidt
Kerry 'Unfit to be Commander-in-Chief', Say Former Military Colleagues
By Marc Morano
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
May 03, 2004
(CNSNews.com) - Hundreds of former commanders and military colleagues of =
presumptive Democratic nominee John Kerry are set to declare in a signed =
letter that he is "unfit to be commander-in-chief." They will do so at a =
press conference in Washington on Tuesday.
"What is going to happen on Tuesday is an event that is really =
historical in dimension," John O'Neill, a Vietnam veteran who served in =
the Navy as a PCF (Patrol Craft Fast) boat commander, told CNSNews.com . =
The event, which is expected to draw about 25 of the letter-signers, is =
being organized by a newly formed group called Swift Boat Veterans for =
Truth.
"We have 19 of 23 officers who served with [Kerry]. We have every =
commanding officer he ever had in Vietnam. They all signed a letter that =
says he is unfit to be commander-in-chief," O'Neill said.=20
O'Neill, currently a Houston, Texas, based attorney, is no stranger to =
Kerry. O'Neill served in the same naval unit as Kerry and commanded =
Kerry's swift boat after Kerry returned to the United States. Kerry's =
command of the PCF boat lasted four months and ended shortly after he =
received his third Purple Heart. According to naval regulations at the =
time, any sailor who received three Purple Hearts could request a =
transfer out of the combat zone.
Kerry and O'Neill engaged in a nationally televised debate in 1971 on =
The Dick Cavett Show over Kerry's allegations that many Vietnam soldiers =
had routinely engaged in atrocities such as raping and cutting off ears =
and heads of Vietnamese soldiers and citizens. Kerry was the then =
spokesman for the anti-war group Vietnam Veterans Against the War.=20
"We are going to be presenting a letter that deals with Kerry's =
unfitness to be commander and chief that has been signed by hundreds of =
swift boat sailors, including most of those who served with Kerry," =
O'Neill explained
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<DIV>This is on the Drudge Report. Facts or dirty politics?</DIV>
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<DIV>Dick Schmidt</DIV>
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Colleagues<BR></STRONG><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>By Marc=20
Morano<BR>CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer<BR>May 03,=20
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colleagues of presumptive Democratic nominee John Kerry are set to =
declare in a=20
signed letter that he is "unfit to be commander-in-chief." They will do =
so at a=20
press conference in Washington on Tuesday.<BR><BR>"What is going to =
happen on=20
Tuesday is an event that is really historical in dimension," John =
O'Neill, a=20
Vietnam veteran who served in the Navy as a PCF (Patrol Craft Fast) boat =
commander, told <B>CNSNews.com</B> . The event, which is expected to =
draw about=20
25 of the letter-signers, is being organized by a newly formed group =
called <A=20
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Truth</A>.<BR><BR>"We have 19 of 23 officers who served with [Kerry]. We =
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every commanding officer he ever had in Vietnam. They all signed a =
letter that=20
says he is unfit to be commander-in-chief," O'Neill said. =
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lasted four=20
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Hearts could=20
request a transfer out of the combat zone.<BR><BR>Kerry and O'Neill =
engaged in a=20
nationally televised debate in 1971 on The Dick Cavett Show over Kerry's =
allegations that many Vietnam soldiers had routinely engaged in =
atrocities such=20
as raping and cutting off ears and heads of Vietnamese soldiers and =
citizens.=20
Kerry was the then spokesman for the anti-war group Vietnam Veterans =
Against the=20
War. <BR><BR>"We are going to be presenting a letter that deals with =
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