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| From the Village |
| 2004-02-24 |
| Hat tip to AllahPundit. Huge EFL by Sydney H. Schanberg Senator John Kerry, a decorated battle veteran, was courageous as a navy lieutenant in the Vietnam War. But he was not so courageous more than two decades later, when he covered up voluminous evidence that a significant number of live American prisoners—perhaps hundreds—were never acknowledged or returned after the war-ending treaty was signed in January 1973. Major snip... I was drawn to the P.O.W. issue because of my reporting years for The New York Times during the Vietnam War, where I came to believe that our soldiers were being misled and disserved by our government. After the war, military people who knew me and others who knew my work brought me information about live sightings of P.O.W.’s still in captivity and other evidence about their existence. When the Kerry committee was announced (I was by then a columnist at Newsday), I thought the senator—having himself become disillusioned about the Vietnam War, and eventually an advocate against it—might really be committed to digging out the truth. This was wishful thinking. This is a must read. And from the Village |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #4 "Come on! What else would you expect from that Right Wing Extremist Rag!" Well the article was well written. It may surpass the ability of the left to comprehend though since their fixation appears to be one to elect at all cost this election. In any case with the cow toeing daily press and it's reluctance to even say anything detrimental about his Lordship Kerry, the POW MIA issue will remain a non-issue. Those who served in NAM haven't forgot or their families. Speaking for this NAM Vet I fully understand what MR Kerry is all about. It is sad but the NAM vets have been used and forgotten again. Open letter to you Mr. Kerry. You disgraced your uniform and your country and your flag when you returned. Your actions since have been despicable and I for one will never vote for a traitor to his country and to those men he left behind. |
| Posted by: dataman1 2004-2-24 10:07:45 PM |
| #3 Allow me to blunt. While I am not fan of Senator Kerry, if Sydney Schanberg told me that the sun rose in the east and set in the west, I would be wary of that statement. Mr. Shanberg is the type of guy who thinks that everyone he doesn't like (politically or personally) is involved in Vast Conspiracy's that only Sydney! Schanberg! can save us from. On the other hand, even a busted clock is right twice a day. |
| Posted by: Patrick Phillips 2004-2-24 9:24:58 PM |
| #2 I have no idea if this is true, of course, and I've generally been skeptical of such coverup claims in general. But the Village Voice can hardly be dismissed as a Karl Rove outlet (nor can Schanberg be called a Bush booster), and this certainly puts a different cast on the whole "I served in Vietnam" business. Kerry may be wishing he hadn't made quite such a big deal of that now. --Prof. Glenn "Instapundit" Reynolds |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-2-24 6:31:14 PM |
| #1 Come on! What else would you expect from that Right Wing Extremist Rag! |
| Posted by: Daniel King 2004-2-24 4:50:01 PM |