SwiftBoat attacks cast doubt on all military medals ever awarded

[bobbieinok]

http://www.washingtondispatch.com/article_9851.shtml


check out this article......it's great

(for some reason I'm unable to copy and paste any part of the article)

[Bluebear]

1. Excerpts here

Whether you support and believe the Swift Boat people or not, one thing is for certain: from now on, we veterans and our service to country will forever be in doubt. From this day forward, no matter what is in your military record or mine can no longer be viewed as the definitive description of our time in service.



The relatively insane notion that the Swift Boat people have put forward concerning Kerry’s service, that what is in his records is all false and cannot be trusted will now apply to one and all veterans. All that will be required to wipe out the honor, integrity and value of your service is for one, ten or two hundred people with an agenda to step forward and proclaim they, and not the military know the truth. In the doing, everything you did that was documented will be null and void.



What the Swift Boat people would ask us to believe is this: The glowing fitness reports written by Elliott, of Kerry thirty years ago are false. That Elliott had no idea what he was writing when he penned, “In a combat environment often requiring independent, decisive action LTJG Kerry was unsurpassed….LTJG Kerry emerges as the acknowledged leader in his peer group.” According to O’Neill and his Swift Boat buddies, Elliott was such an incompetent Commanding Officer that he in essence allowed Kerry to write his own Fitness Reports.



What is more, according to O’Neill and the Swift Boat people, the Navy and Elliott were so inept and devoid of honor that they allowed Kerry to write his own commendations. That is right, there was no independent verification required when it came to Kerry. He simply told Elliott what he wanted – silver star this time, purple heart next and of course a bronze star for good measure - and the Commanding Officer went about busying himself writing the commendations on Kerry’s behalf.

[indie_voter]

2. Thanks!

The last paragraph sums it up:

The Swift Boat people have cheapened all our service. What our Commanding Officers and branch of service thought of our performance twenty, thirty, forty and fifty years ago means nothing today. If Kerry’s military records cannot be trusted, neither can mine, nor can yours! Thanks, to the Swift Boat people our honorable service has been denigrated – and when the folks get back from Iraq and Afghanistan, what will their service be worth? They had all better hope that they don’t offend anybody while serving because if they do, nothing their official military records contain will amount to anything.

[Sparkly]

3. I like the sarcasm of this passage

Apparently as it pertained to Kerry, the Navy and Elliott held so little regard for the services proud traditions of honor, courage and valor that they gave out the commendations like so much penny bubble-gum. That is how the United States military works isn’t it? That was every military person’s experience wasn’t it?

We all got to write our own reviews, put ourselves in for commendations and accolades. We all remember our Commanding Officers calling us into their offices and telling us, “Look, I’ve got this Fitness Report to do here. Can you tell me what I should write in this thing? I know if I hadn’t observed you I could simply write or check ‘not observed’ but heck I am bored and need something to do.” Isn’t that the way our military and its commanders have always went about their business?

I am sure we all have stories of knocking on our CO’s hatch and informing him that we feel deserving of a medal of valor, and then the ol’ man getting busy with writing one up for us. Come on, you all remember these incidents don’t you?

BRAVO!!!

[Az_lefty]

4. Good article.

And this from the repugs who claim to support the troops. What a bunch
of f*cuking hypocrites!
:mad:

[Cha]

5. I think ye ol swift boats have bitten off a wee bit

more than they could chew.

[Skinner]

6. Great article

Thanks for posting it.

[tishaLA]

7. Most devastating yet

That's a thing of beauty. How sad is it that the Swift Boat liars have to spit on our veterans just so they can score cheap political points? They really sicken me.

[Walt Starr]

8. Well George W. Bush is wearing two ribbons HE DID NOT EARN

in this picture:



The Air Force Outstanding Unit Award and the Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon are clearly in this picture, BUT ARE NOT LISTED ON HIS ARG22 FORM!!!!



This discrepancy CAN be cleared up, but Bush MUST RELEASE HIS DD214!!!!!

[azmesa207]

9. unable to paste the article

if I want to save a article I bring it up and simply email it to myself and store it in one of my folders to read or email to some one else