"Kerry Lied While Good Men Died"
By Peter and Helen Evans (09/23/04)
"Kerry Lied while Good Men Died." That was one of the chants today on Capitol Hill.
You probably didn't see much of it in the so-called "mainstream" media, but on September 12, 2004 in Washington a rally was held at the U.S. Capitol by a group calling themselves "Vietnam Vets for the Truth."
They spoke of having healed from their many physical wounds, but contrasted those with the un-healed wounds that Sen. John Kerry's words had inflicted on them during the Vietnam War and re-opened now with his audacious bid for the Presidency. While many of them were still fighting to keep South Vietnam free from Communist tyranny, Kerry was calling them "war criminals" before Congress and meeting with the enemy in Paris. He's the only Presidential candidate with his picture in a place of honor in the enemy's museum. A sign at the rally called him a "Hanoi John Kerry, Viet Cong war Hero."
It was a passionate but orderly crowd, yet you could see the frustration in the faces of many of the veterans there. One speaker mentioned that Dan Rather of CBS news was standing by his story about the 'new' documents concerning Lieutenant G.W. Bush's Guard service. Then he reminded us that, back in the 1970's, Dan Rather had also stood by his story about the authenticity of fake Vietnam Vets who "confessed" to bogus war crimes. Kerry and his Leftist collaborators stole the valor from our Vietnam Vets. In this crowd today were proud men and some angry men; men who remembered that Kerry threw away his medals (or were they someone else's medals?), lied about the brave service of our military and even mocked the sacred Iwo Jima Memorial for an anti-war protest... in his re-enactment the American flag was upside down. Men died to raise that flag and Kerry desecrated it and slandered their honor. Now this man wants to be our President and Commander-in-Chief.
Vietnam Vets for the Truth believe that he is unfit for duty and on Sunday they told the world why. If you didn't attend the rally and are a vet, you might want to check out their website.
We also met a very nice couple, carrying an armload of signs. The woman was Zung Le, who was evacuated from Vietnam four days before America pulled out. She's now an American citizen working at the Centers for Disease Control and was at the rally because she wanted to show her support to the veterans who fought for her people's freedom. You can see her picture and others of the rally here - http://peterandhelenevans.com/pho-vetsrally.html. She explained to us that we weren't defeated militarily in Viet Nam, but we gave up politically. Time after time the North Vietnamese were ready to surrender, but then our forces would pull back and give theirs another chance to re-group. We know John Kerry's group had alot to do with undermining our nation's will back then.
A note on the tone of the rally; it began with the singing of the National Anthem and American flags were proudly flown everywhere we could see.
http://www.kerrylied.com/
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