Kerry Military Records - 20 Unofficial Kills

[AdmRose]

Originally posted by strk
I think the GOP is gonna regret making his records an issue

http://www.johnkerry.com/about/Request_For_Swiftboat_Duty.pdf
(Kerry's REQUEST to go to Nam and serve on Swift Boats)



Compare Bush* assignment records - checked "do not volunteer for overseas"
http://discover.npr.org/photo_gallery/photo_gallery_display.jhtml?gallery=1676511


On Feb. 28, 1969, Kerry's craft and two other boats came under heavy fire from the riverbanks. Kerry ordered his units to turn into the ambush and sent men ashore to charge the enemy. According to the records, an enemy soldier holding a loaded rocket launcher sprang up within 10 feet of Kerry's boat and fled. Kerry leapt ashore, ran down the man and killed him.

Kerry and his men chased or killed all the enemy soldiers in the area, captured enemy weapons and then returned to the boat only to come under fire from the opposite bank as they began to pull away. Kerry again beached his boat and led a party ashore to pursue the enemy, and they successfully silenced the shooting. Later, the boats were again under fire, but Kerry initiated a heavy response that killed 10 Viet Cong and wounded another with no casualties to his own men.

He won the Silver Star "for gallantry and intrepidity in action" that day. Two weeks later, Kerry was engaged in another fire fight that resulted in a Bronze Star for heroic achievement and the third Purple Heart that would result in his reassignment out of Vietnam.

Kerry was commanding one of five boats on patrol on March 13, 1969, when two mines detonated almost simultaneously -- one beneath another boat and one near Kerry's craft. Shrapnel hit Kerry's buttocks, and his right arm was bleeding from contusions, but he rescued a boatmate who had been thrown overboard in the blast and was under sniper fire from both banks. Kerry then directed his crew to return to the other damaged craft and tow it to safety.

In April 1969, Kerry was sent stateside to the Military Sea Transportation Service, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, in Brooklyn, N.Y. On Nov. 21, 1969, Kerry requested that he be released from his commitment to serve actively until August 1970 so that he could run for Congress.

He was promoted to full lieutenant on Jan. 1, 1970, and soon after was discharged from active duty and became a reservist.


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Kerry-Purple-Hearts.html?hp


no doubt Kerry was a badass back in the day

After that, he single handedly charged into Hanoi with an M-16 in each hand, guns blazing Rambo style, taking out rows and rows of VC with every block until he finally came upon Ho Chi Mihn and decapitated him with one blow, leaving the city with his head on a pike. - Excerpt from "How John Kerry Singlehandedly Won the Vietnam War"

[Capt. Pork]

Originally posted by strk

no doubt Kerry was a badass back in the day

Wow, I guess by that rationale, Jesse Ventura should be elected King of the World long before November.

Kerry's badassness was eclipsed by thousands of men, officially or unofficially. Potency in battle, which Kerry may or may not have had, means nothing in the political arena.

He's a crappy politician with views and goals that will hurt this nation. Socialism has no place here, except to alienate the very people that drive this nation forward.

Moreover, as mentioned before, he's entirely too ugly to appear on TV any more than he is appearing now.

[rpm]

Whatever you think of his politics, there is no question about his War Record. He did his job and then some.
If it was Celebrity Deathmatch, Kerry would gut Bush like a hog.

[Nash]

Mind if I paraphrase?

"Well okay, fine, he might have been a badass out there but DAMN is he ever ugly!"

[Capt. Pork]

Originally posted by rpm371
Whatever you think of his politics, there is no question about his War Record. He did his job and then some.
If it was Celebrity Deathmatch, Kerry would gut Bush like a hog.

Gee, and here I thought this election was about his politics.

If this were Celebrity Deathmatch, McCaine would F Kerry in the nose with his big toe... Where's he in this election?

[rpm]

Originally posted by Nash
Mind if I paraphrase?

"Well okay, fine, he might have been a badass out there but DAMN is he ever ugly!"

War is not pretty.

[Nash]

McCaine?

The victim of Bush's BS in the last election.

[Capt. Pork]

I don't get it, are you electing a president or a war veteran?

What does Kerry's 4 month tour have to do with his ability to maintain and/or improve our standard of living?

Personally, I'd rather elect a disembodied head that can lower taxes and keep us comfortable rather than a fully-functioning socialist.

[rpm]

McCain is not running against the sitting President from his own party. BUT, there is a rumor floating around that Kerry will name McCain as his VP. It's a great fantasy because they are good friends and work well together. Having a President and Vice President from different parties has happened before.

[Capt. Pork]

Originally posted by Nash
Mind if I paraphrase?

"Well okay, fine, he might have been a badass out there but DAMN is he ever ugly!"

He was no badass, ever. Out there or in here or wherever. Like I said, thousands of guys eclipsed him, and never took it upon themselves to ***** and moan about it publically when they came back. I've known veterans that make Kerry look like a Cabbage Patch kid, and yet, for some reason, none of them have ever seen this as something upon which to base a political campaign.

He's a poor politician, pandering the lowest common denominator and appealing to everything that bogs this nation down. If he gets elected, a step down for the US.

[Nash]

Okay, but just don't do anything stupid, man. We're here.

[Capt. Pork]

Originally posted by Nash
Okay, but just don't do anything stupid, man. We're here.

Where did you find that emoticon?

[Nash]

Originally posted by Capt. Pork
Where did you find that emoticon?

Neat huh?

Found it through a google search on "invisible".

Cool thing is that I can make it appear at whim.

Ready?

SHOW YOURSELF!




Thattaboy.

[MrLars]

I think what most of you are missing is the strategy involved in the release of his military records.

He couldn't release them before without being called a braggart and a little sandbaggibg in releasing them setup the right for a disappointment brought on by their own hunger for dirt.

Great campaign strategy I'd say.

To top it off, he's released a full accounting of his contacts with lobbyists going back to 1989...how's that for an example of a canidate that will bring accountability and openess back to the Whitehouse?

Both these ploys highlite the same difference between the two canidates, accountability for ones actions.

Another topper is that Kerry is now considering the release of his wifes tax info....I just bet he'll wait until the rabid dogs are frothing at the mouth before he feeds them another bellyache...hehehehe

[_Schadenfreude_]

Originally posted by Nash
To watch people grasp at any straw to attack Kerry's distinguished war record while defending Bush's lack of... well, any kind of war record whatsoever...

Help me here.... I can't think of any word to describe it.

It's desperation, I still think we should put together a support group for our more um right leaning compadre's if Kerry wins - several may go into a severe decline and the cutting and pasting would hit all time records