Um, the bit that the Swift Boat people were playing here said that American soldiers were war criminals. The full statement says that some people told him they had committed war crimes.
There was some discussion here about him shooting some sort of gun that was not allowed in the Geneva Convention, but that's not on the same level of magnitude as raping and razing villages. Dana On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:47:24 -0600, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have listened to his testimony and read his book. He claimed to have > done or condoned doing things there that were war crimes. Whether this > was hyperbole on his part or not, that was the reason many people I know > voted for Bush. > > Like many democrats and independents just voted anti-Bush, many > republicans and other independents just voted anti-Kerry. Words, not > actions, had a lot to do with the decisions of some. > > > > Russel Madere > Webmaster > 504.832.9835 > SunShine Pages by EATEL > www.sunshinepages.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 4:44 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Pilot, 47, Recalled For Active Duty > > well, that's not what Kerry said, but I'm tired of arguing the point. > If that's the given reason then it has nothing to do with Iraq either. > > Dana > > On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:36:53 -0600, Russel Madere > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know many people who voted for Bush because he wasn't a self > professed > > war criminal like Kerry. > > > > Russel Madere > > Webmaster > > 504.832.9835 > > SunShine Pages by EATEL > > www.sunshinepages.com > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 4:32 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Pilot, 47, Recalled For Active Duty > > > > So then a lot of people may have voted for Bush in spite of his > > foreign policy rather than because of it? > > > > Dana > > > > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:15:17 -0400, Angel Stewart > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Oh. I considered this interpretation of your question, but thought > you > > were specifically asking what I thought. > > > > > > In that case, No. A vote for bush was not necessarily a vote against > > Diplomacy in the minds of many voters. > > > Other considerations such as the much talked about Gay Rights issues > > could have been the deciding factor in their vote. > > > > > > It was found that a lot of people did not necessarily vote Bush > > because of anything to do with Terrorism, or the war in Iraq. > > > > > > -Gel > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: dana tierney > > > > > > Sure, Bush is no diplomat. But do the people who voted for him > realize > > that and is this why they voted for him? That's my question. > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136927 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
