He doesn't say "I heard", he says "I committed." Read
it again please.
SEN. KERRY: ...I
would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same
kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have
committed in that I took part in shootings in free
fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction
fire. I used 50 calibre machine guns, which we were
granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon
against people. I took part in search and destroy
missions, in the burning of villages. All of this is
contrary to the laws of warfare, all of this is
contrary to the Geneva Conventions and all of this is
ordered as a matter of written established policy by
the government of the United States from the top down.
And I believe that the men who designed these, the men
who designed the free fire zone, the men who ordered
us, the men who signed off the air raid strike areas,
I think these men, by the letter of the law, the same
letter of the law that tried Lieutenant Calley, are
war criminals.
--- Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sam wrote:
> > (Audiotape, Meet the Press April 18, 1971):
>
> This seems to support what I'm saying. In your
> excerpt Mr. Kerry
> seems to be saying:
>
> a.) I've heard about a lot of atrocities.
> b.) Some of the things I was ordered to do may have
> been atrocities.
> c.) These orders may make us war criminals in the
> eyes of the law.
>
> Which things don't you think are atrocities?
>
> 1.) .50 caliber guns used against people?
> 2.) "free fire" zones? That is, shoot anything that
> moves including
> women and children?
> 3.) Burning whole villages?
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