February 18, 2004

Kerry's Anti-War Lies

Oliver Willis wonders about the attacks on Sen. John Kerry for his anti-war activities after returning from Vietnam a war hero. If Kerry would have just returned to the states and publically protested the need for American troops there or on the effectiveness of the military strategy, that would be one thing. But what Kerry did as a member of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War was advance falsehoods about war crimes. I'd like to say things have changed for Kerry, but at Sunday's debate he labeled the Vietnam War as "Nixon's war" ignoring the facts that President Eisenhower first sent military advisors to South Vietnam with more troops sent by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon.

If so many atrocities took place in Vietnam, Kerry wouldn't have needed to lie. On the campaign trail, he proudly wears his own bloody shirt in as cynical a manner as his anti-war Senate testimony.

"Vetting the Vet Record"