-Caveat Lector- Source: News Max http://216.46.238.34/showinsidecover.shtml?a=1999/11/12/234948 Saturday, November 13, 1:05 AM Al Gore Had Bodyguards Protecting Him in Vietnam "I could have done that," Vice President Al Gore told USA Today for its Friday edition. "I thought about that, and because a lot of those decisions were made with political influence, I could have done that, but it did not feel right." The "that" to which Gore referred was an opportunity to join his home state's National Guard. Instead Gore was shipped to Vietnam after he volunteered for the Army in 1969; a decision he hopes will contrast favorably with George W. Bush's service record as a pilot in the Texas Air National Guard. But the vice-president best tread lightly as he uses his Vietnam experience to play the egalitarian card. Because, according to a recent Los Angeles Times report that the rest of the press pretended not to notice, Gore's Vietnam tour of duty was notable mainly for the special treatment he received; a "handle with care" order that required bodyguards to keep the senator's son from getting hurt. "Several of his (Vietnam) colleagues remember they were assigned to make sure this son of a prominent politician was never injured in the war," reported Times correspondent Richard Serrano, in a lengthy piece headlined, "Struggle With Conscience was Gore's Biggest Vietnam Battle." "Other soldiers with long experience in Vietnam said that Gore was treated differently from his fellow enlistees," Serrano noted. "Two of them recalled that before Gore arrived Brig. General Kenneth B. Cooper advised them that a senator's son would be joining the outfit. "H. Alan Leo said soldiers were ordered to serve as Gore's bodyguards, to keep him out of harm's way. 'It blew me away,' Leo said. 'I was to make sure he didn't get into a situation he could not get out of. They didn't want him to get into trouble. So we went into the field after the fact (after combat actions), and that limited his exposure to any hazards.'" (Los Angeles Times -- October 15, 1999) During his first run for the White House in 1988, Gore didn't hesitate to remind reporters about his service in Vietnam, which he tended to mischaracterize as combat oriented. "I was shot at. I spent most of my time in the field," he told the Washington Post eleven years ago. "I carried an M-16... I pulled my turn on the perimeter at night and walked through the elephant grass and I was fired upon," Gore told the Baltimore Sun during the same period. To Vanity Fair he revealed, "Something would move, we'd fire first and ask questions later." But eight Vietnam vets who served with the vice president told the Los Angeles Times that Gore was never in the middle of a battle. These days, Gore admits his wartime service was primarily as a reporter. But Gore has yet to respond to allegations that bodyguards kept him out of harm's way in Vietnam, a charge which -- except for the Los Angeles Times -- has gone largely unreported by the press. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
