> >I didn�t ask if they were telling the truth, I
> asked
> >why are they trying to censor them?
>
> So what you're saying here is that the truth doesn't
> matter? What matters is that they get to say
> whatever they want? No matter if it is true or not?
>
No, I'm saying you evaded the question. Whether
they're telling the truth or not is another topic.
> >> How many of the men in those ads actually
> >> _witnessed_ the events taking place
>
> >Didn�t they all witness them?
>
> No.
> http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=231
Nope.
JOHN E. O'NEILL
Partner
(713) 654-7604
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
August 6, 2004
Re: Swift Boat Veterans For Truth
Dear Station Manager:
The Kerry Campaign has continued its effort to prevent
our voice from being heard. You were presented with an
article from Kerry's hometown newspaper, The Boston
Globe, written by Michael Kranish, Kerry's biographer,
claiming that Captain Elliott had withdrawn his
affidavit and disavowed the ad. This is totally false.
Enclosed is Captain Elliott's
affidavit(http://www.swiftvets.com/Elliottaffidavit08062004.pdf)
executed this morning after the false Globe story.
Captain Elliott affirms his original affidavit;
affirms his ad statement; and adds additional detail.
In the ad, Captain Elliott says that Kerry was not
honest about his service in Vietnam. This is
indisputably true.
The use of a surprise false article to strike pending
ads represents a new low in ambush journalism.
Very truly yours,
John E. O'Neill
JEO/cas
http://www.swiftvets.com/Elliottaffidavit08062004.pdf
> >Kerry�s Commanding Officer said he turned him down.
>
> umm...no he didn't. and without his CO's approval,
> the purple hearts, bronze star and silver star would
> not have been awarded.
"While in Cam Rahn Bay, he trained on several 24-hour
indoctrination missions, and one special skimmer
operation with my most senior and trusted Lieutenant.
The briefing from some members of that crew the
morning after revealed that they had not received any
enemy fire, and yet Lt.(jg) Kerry informed me of a
wound -- he showed me a scratch on his arm and a piece
of shrapnel in his hand that appeared to be from one
of our own M-79s. It was later reported to me that
Lt.(jg) Kerry had fired an M-79, and it had exploded
off the adjacent shoreline. I do not recall being
advised of any medical treatment, and probably said
something like 'Forget it.' He later received a Purple
Heart for that scratch, and I have no information as
to how or whom.
- Commander Grant Hibbard, USN (retired)
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