Terrible Soldier

Texas Hog · Post by **Texas Hog** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 5:05 pm

This is a letter sent to Columnist Bob Lonsberry from a reader.

Hey Bob,

I must have been a terrible soldier. After serving 364 days in Vietnam in 1969-70 with the USMC, I returned uninjured, undecorated, with no magical abilities and no instincts to hang-out with Jane Fonda.

John Kerry on the other hand, in Vietnam only 4 months, managed to get himself injured on the average of once every 40 days, won a Silver and Bronze Star for bravery and 3 Purple Hearts ( for which he nominated himself) even though none of his wounds required hospitalization.

After 364 days I had not witnessed any atrocities against the Vietnamese people or committed any myself, unlike John Kerry who witnessed enough in 120 days to then sit in front of Congress for hours upon hours relating to them all the horrors, then in future interviews admitted to committing a few himself. I lacked higher social and moral conscience and as soon as I got home I didn't protest against my fellow soldiers still there. Having not received any medals I couldn't throw them over the White House fence in protest and then make them magically reappear on my office wall at home.

I must have been a terrible soldier -- unlike John Kerry who somehow saw more, won more, was injured more, and protested more all in the shorter period of time than any solider in history. The guy just must be magical, and I'm the kind of soldier he now tells to sit down and shut up because I voted for George W. Bush

David C. Taylorsville, Utah

- by Bob Lonsberry (C) 2004

Redskins Rule · Post by **Redskins Rule** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 8:55 am

Just when did John Kerry tell vietnam veterans to sit down and shut up if they voted for a guy who can't even speak english correctly?

I'm a little lost on that. Can someone help me out please.Thanks.

JansenFan · Post by **JansenFan** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 9:26 am

Can't comment on the article so we have to comment on someone's speaking ability.....interesting.

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 10:32 am

I'm wondering why he voted for a guy who never even went there.

Redskins Rule · Post by **Redskins Rule** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 10:50 am

JansenFan wrote:Can't comment on the article so we have to comment on someone's speaking ability.....interesting.

I'm sorry Jansenfan.....that was a cheapshot. I did comment on the article in the form of a question. Can you or someone else please answer my question as to when John Kerry actually told vietnam veterans to sit down and shut up if they voted for President Bush?

JansenFan · Post by **JansenFan** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 12:29 pm

I have done some research, and I have not seen any account of John Kerry making any such statement. Where the veteran in question got this information is unbeknownst to me. However, in looking for that statement, I have found many accounts from his fellow veitnam vets that strengthen my belief that John Kerry is not the right person to lead this or any country. Accounts of his anti-war activities while still in the Naval Reserve are dispicable and could be viewed as treason (which during war time is still punishable by death). People who served with him have questioned his "awards" and it is even documented that Kerry submitted his own name for some of those awards and then had to push them up the chain of command because his immediate commander thought they were invalid. The statement made may have been a feeling the author of this letter had based on the actions of Mr. Kerry over his military and political career. He is probably bitter, and IMHO rightfully so.

Steve Spurrier III · Post by **Steve Spurrier III** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 2:11 pm

There is no doubt in my mind that Kerry is a bum. If you look at his record in the Senate, he barely even sponsored any bills or resolutions of any meaning. Most of them were formalities, like his "Resolution commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem" or his "Bill to award a congressional gold medal to Jackie Robinson (posthumously), in recognition of his many contributions to the Nation, and to express the sense of Congress that there should be a national day in recognition of Jackie Robinson".

http://www.aflcio.org/issuespolitics/po ... _bills.cfm

But remember, this election isn't about Kerry. It's about Bush. People aren't going to vote for Bush or for Kerry, they are going to vote for Bush or against Bush. The best thing Kerry can do is keep his mouth shut and hope we don't find Osama...