Kerry smeared a hero: my dad
The Soldier in the picture is Sgt. Jack Gell. The baby is his daughter Carol. That was the last day his family saw Sgt. Gell alive. Care to guess how Carol feels about John Kerry's bid for president? Here's a little taste:
[...]I don't blame Kerry for my father's death, and I don't much care if he shamelessly chased after medals. But I do care that when he returned from Vietnam he gave aid and comfort to the enemy while our soldiers were still dying. I care that he smeared my father and a generation of our armed forces with false charges of war crimes while posing himself as a hero. I care that Kerry's false charges encouraged our enemy who was pressuring our POWs in inhumane ways to confess to imaginary war crimes. I care that he went to Paris to meet with the Viet Cong in 1970 while still an officer in the Navy Reserve, returning to publicly advocate for their position and against America's position.
This isn't about politics. It's about honor and betrayal and protecting our country. And for me it is deeply personal, as it is for countless vets. Thirty-nine years later, my mother still cries on Nov 14. Thirty-nine years later, we miss my father every day. Thirty-nine years later, Kerry poses as a hero. As children of Vietnam veterans, many of us feel an unwelcome emotional strain as the arguments about what really happened in Vietnam are tugged back and forth, often by people who were not there. We deeply resent the suggestion that our fathers were war criminals as that theme inevitably seeps into the argument.
[...]As long as I have breath and Kerry seeks the office of president, I will speak out against him. Others like me are too many to count.
Go read the whole thing. Please. You'll have to go through a painless registration process to get to it, but it's worth it. Trust me.
(I've also posted this item on The Mudville Gazette, where I'm honored to be allowed to guest-post in Greyhawk's absence.)
Hat tip: Kerry Haters
Update: My good blogfriend Sergeant America at Johnny Four Months has reminded me that he also posted on this, before Kerry Haters did. I'm not sure how my site ended up with the LGFalanche and not his or The Mudville Gazette. I've had more site traffic in the last 14 hours than in the previous 6 weeks. Thank you, Charles.
posted by Bill Faith @ 9/22/2004 02:25:00 AM
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8 Comments:
Wow, Bill you got a link from Little Green Footballs! Nice! I was stunned to see all the traffic at Kerry Haters coming from your blog.
And you know the great thing? This article that appeared as a guest column in the Atlanta paper is getting read all over the world now. That's what really makes me happy.
Jeez, a link from LGF. You've caught the attention of the big boys now!
Good on ya, Bill!
I served VietNam ERA, doing almost 3 years in Korea, on mountaintops just south of the DMZ, 1964-68; I was hand-picked by NSA to cover the follow-on to the USS Pueblo, being a Korean-linguist and all...
But none of this mattered to the 'peace protesters' flinging bags of shit and spitting on me as I returned from Korea ("Babykiller!" splat!) at Sea-Tac Airport...
No one said 'Thank you' and there were no parades. We were scorned, reviled and abused.
I wear that abuse as a Badge of Service, for my beloved America. Kerry's scurrilous, cowardly and mean (small) attacks only serve to distinguish, clearly, Americans from the gutless few who would twist the American dream into 'The Root-Cause of All the World's Suffering'
Kerry has not the power to make ME suffer! America is bigger than he will EVER know, and Americans are stronger and more honest than he can fathom!
I've thought about this a lot, recently. I post as Carridine, and sell anti-Kerry songs and pro-American ditties and commentary at www.cdbaby.com/cd/kdean1
because years ago my Air Force father and his loving wife named me Kerry Dean, not realizing those names would be hijacked by leftists intent on vilifying Americans in these days!
Saw her speech at the vets for truth rally in DC. Takes a lot of guts to stand up and trash someone who may (we hope not) be President. I knew somone whose dad was killed in Nam when he was about her age and the scars are still there. Looks like she found the best way to heal was deal with the scumbag who smeared her father.
Isn't funny that Kerry, who shamelessly consorted with the enemy while still in the Navy Reserve, has the audacity to claim the President betrayed America?
BTW, what's the statute of limitations on Treason?
Good bit. John Kerry is nothing but a loose cannon who has desired power from day one. He'd step over his dead mother's body for a little more power. No surprise he would sell out truly courageous comrades. The man should have been thrown in prison for sedition long ago.
Good stuff!
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Those who opposed the war in Vietnam were not necessarily bad people. I believe that they were serious, sincere people, as is Sen. Kerry, who were willing to believe that the ends justified the means. To this day I don't know what we should have done about that war. I generally think that we should have found a way to win it, but it was getting very expensive in lives and treasure. People who resisted the war, however, were often just as patriotic as anyone else. Kerry was lying in pushing his antiwar propaganda, but lying is not unknown in support of political causes.
Showing the bloody shirt of the past will not help us solve the problems of today. Leave the memories of Vietnam alone!
"The moving finger writes
and having writ
moves on. Nor all our piety and wit
can bring it back, nor all our tears
erase a line of it." --some old Iranian named Omar
jj USA, tell it to John Kerry. He brought up Vietnam. Let him lie in the bed of sedition he made.
OK, do I believe John Kerry is a "horrible human", NO. Do I believe he is "fit for command", NO?
Do I think he is a mis-lead man, YES!
My vote is based on this, and as such, is being cast on November 2, 2004 for PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH!
1. Kerry's record in the Senate (MOST LIBERAL)
2. Kerry's claim that attacking a stanse on war is
"un-patriotic" while simultaneously attacking the
President for HIS stance on the war.
3. Saying that raising ANY question on his Vietnam era
service is "un-patriotic" and DEMANDING that the
Swiftboat Vets for Truth be "silenced" (censored)
BUT HIS REFUSAL to even say anything about the 527's
that support him!
4. His VIOLATION of his oath as a UNITED STATES NAVY
OFFICER during his "protesting" of the war and his
visit to France to meet the NV reps.
Do I think he should be tried for treason, that's a tough one, but I'm not really "fit to decide that". We have enough people in the D.O.D. who can, but I resent HORRIBLY his words after returning from that war where he basically said that if you fought in that war, or supported it in any way, you are basically a CRIMINAL! My FATHER served during Vietnam (thankfully he was NOT sent to Vietnam, or I may not be here today), but KERRY'S OWN WORDS AND DEEDS have labeled him a "criminal" and I DO NOT ACCEPT THAT! My father has made a point to strive for ONE THING since 1977, to be sure to teach me the difference between right and wrong, and he lived up to the Aaron Tippin song "You've got to stand for something (or you'll fall for anything), and I can say 100% TRUTHFULLY that I have THREE men I count as my hero today, my Father, my Mother's Father, and my Mother's Uncle, for their service to this country, and for their UN-DYING WILL to be sure that they instilled in the younger generation a will to see this country DO THE RIGHT THING!
We SWORE as a country that we would NOT stand by and watch people be denied their RIGHTS as humans. I am reminded of some famous words by Thomas Jefferson:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
And Sadaam Hussein (as well as his ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION") DENIED THESE RIGHTS to their country's people. Therefore, we have the DUTY to depose him. Clinton called for this during his EIGHT YEARS in the White House, but DID NOTHING to enforce it.
EVERY PERSON IN AMERICA (who is a legal citizen and not a convicted felon) has the right to vote who whomever they choose, and that is what sets America apart from other nations, therefore, I cannot MAKE you vote for Bush, but likewise, you cannot MAKE me vote for your candidate, and we need to RESPECT each other's right to their vote, but also each other's RIGHT to speak our minds and hearts!
I am sorry if this was long-winded, but I felt this needed to be said.
To the family and friends of Sergeant Gell, I say only THANK YOU for his service, and your love and support of him while serving. I am saddened by your loss, and I wish for and dream of a world where soldiers no longer die for their country, but one day will not even be needed, but that day is so far away, I may never see it with my "earthly eyes".
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