Geoff Metcalf
Friday, Sept. 10, 2004
Careful what you ask for ...
Since February I have been ranting that the veteran
community would eventually, inevitably become the
prime contributor to the destruction of the John Kerry
campaign. For months, I have been the Lone Ranger and
viewed as a moderately amusing gadfly.
Guess what? I was right in February, and March, and
April, and May. I was right in June, July and August
and despite what smarter, more insightful and
connected pundits maintain, Kerry is TOAST!
In March, I wrote in The Kerry Count, Friends and
foes in the punditry class have been pontificating ad
nauseam, manipulating a kaleidoscope of factoids and
data to support whatever their individual prejudices
may be. Some have accused me of manipulating
perceptions to support my personal prejudices.
Smarter, more dedicated men than this writer have been
beating the drum for MONTHS:
www.SwiftVets.com
www.Viet-Myths.net
www.Kerrylied.com
http://www.i-served.com/MagruderArticlesIndex.html
http://25thaviation.org/johnkerry
http://www.petitiononline.com/kerryrec/petition.html
and over a hundred others
The veteran community jihad against John Kerry is NOT
a partisan issue. John O'Neill of www.swiftvets.com
has said so, Larry Bailey of www.kerrylied.com has
said so, Steven Sherman of www.viet-myths.net has said
so and it IS so.
The overwhelming majority of veterans loathe John
Kerry. The reasons vary. Some hate him for his
treasonous conduct pimping for Vietnam Veterans
Against the War. Some hate him for what they view as
self-aggrandizing hyperbole. Some hate him for his
arrogance, pretension and unlikeability.
The Kerry campaign made a monumental strategic
whoops when they chose to build the foundation for
Versailles de Kerry on his Vietnam experience.
Do-overs have become chronic and it ain't over yet.
The seared seared! memory of Christmas eve 1968 in
Cambodia requires a rewrite.
The Purple Heart stories require amendment.
The clerical error over an
unprecedented/unauthorized V on his Silver Star is
being investigated by the Navy.
Folks with the means, interest and commitment to
�?correct the record�? are now scrutinizing the entire
revisionist history of Kerry the hero.
Frankly, if Kerry had taken a lower profile and not
focused on his martial exploits (recreated in his home
movies), he might have avoided the inevitable
embarrassment and destruction of his antique fiction.
Rather, by his OWN focus on apparently exaggerated
derring-do, he will be forced to realize that there
are consequences to everything we do and do not do.
Republicans will never criticize the decorated war
hero. They are scared spitless of any linkage with
the anti-Kerry veteran legions. However, thousands of
decorated war heroes with significantly greater
service, scars, experience and insights loathe and
detest the pampered Brahmin prince.
But the excrement storm thus far is mere prologue.
There IS more
On Feb. 18, 1966, John Kerry signed a six-year
enlistment contract with the Navy (plus a six-month
extension during wartime). He also signed an Officer
Candidate contract for six years five years of
ACTIVE duty & ACTIVE Naval Reserves, and one year of
inactive standby reserves.
Since Kerry was discharged from TOTAL ACTIVE DUTY
after only three years and 18 days, on Jan. 3, 1970,
he was then required to attend 48 drills per year and
not more than 17 days of active duty for training.
Most significant, however, is that Kerry was also
subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
That means as a commissioned officer Kerry was
prohibited from making adverse statements against his
chain of command or statements against his country,
especially during time of war.
Another one of those interesting clerical errors is
that Kerry did not obtain an honorable discharge until
March 12, 2001, even though his service obligation
should have ended July 1, 1972.
On Jan. 3, 1970, Lt. John Kerry was transferred to the
Naval Reserve Manpower Center in Bainbridge, Md.
Therefore, there should be Performance Records for two
years of obligated Ready Reserve, the 48 drills per
year required and his 17 days of active duty per year
training while Kerry was in the Ready Reserves. Have
these records been released?
Has anyone ever talked to Kerry's commanding officer
at the Naval Reserve Center where Kerry drilled?
Kerry's conduct as a Ready Reservist participating as
a leader of Vietnam Veterans Against the War was
criminal, some veterans now argue:
Lt. Kerry attended many rallies where the Vietcong
flag was displayed while our flag was desecrated,
defiled and mocked, thereby giving aid and comfort to
the enemy.
Lt. Kerry was involved in a meeting that voted on
assassinating members of the U.S. Senate.
Lt. Kerry lied under oath against fellow soldiers
before the U.S. Senate about crimes committed in
Vietnam.
Lt. Kerry professed to being a war criminal on
national television, and condemned the military and
the USA.
Lt. Kerry met with NVA and Vietcong communist leaders
in Paris, in direct violation of the UCMJ and the U.S.
Constitution.
Lt. Kerry, by his own words and actions, violated the
UCMJ and the U.S. Code while serving as a Navy
officer. Failing a REAL good explanation, Lt. Kerry is
in violation of Article 3, Section 3 of the U.S.
Constitution.
Lt. Kerry's 1970 meeting with NVA Communists in Paris
is in direct violation of the UCMJ's Article 104 part
904, and U.S. Code 18 & U.S.C. 953. That meeting, and
Kerry's subsequent support of the communists while
leading mass protests against our military in the year
that followed, also place him in direct violation of
our Constitution's Article 3, Section 3, which defines
treason as "giving aid and comfort" to the enemy in
time of warfare.
The Constitution's 14th Amendment, Section 3, states,
"No person shall be a Senator or Representative in
Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President
... having previously taken an oath ... to support the
Constitution of the United States, [who has] engaged
in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or
given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."
Senator Kerry, having established his service as the
foundation for his campaign, has some explaining to
do. The only way to chill the barrage of questions is
to sign off on a Standard Form (SF) 180 and let the
media examine John Kerry's FULL military record.
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