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Skriven 2004-09-03 20:16:00 av TIM RICHARDSON (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JOHN MASSEY
Ärende: SWIFT BOATERS IGNORE BUSH
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On 09-03-04, JOHN MASSEY said to JOHN HULL:


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JH> JM> And now wants to be remembered as a war hero. He has lot of
JH> JM> nerve,  to think we will let him get away unchallenged.


JH>And, as if he hasn't got enough to deal with, breaking news is that
JH>the Secretary of the Navy is launching an investigation into Kerry's
JH>citation Silver Star after ex-SecNav Lehman has disavowed any
JH>citation knowledge of how Kerry got a with his signature on it.


JH>Wouldn't that be something if they took it away from him after 35
JH>years?


JM>It would be better if they found some illegal activity associated with
JM>it and charged him.


At the very least, it paints Kerry into a corner. As an officer, he is
expected to have a level of honesty several cuts above an ordinary enlisted
man.


And, there is no way he `didn't' know his 201 file contained factual errors
pertaining to his combat decorations. And he `has' known for many years.


He had a duty as an officer to bring the mistakes to someone's attention, and
have the false information removed, or revised to reflect the truth.


He did not.


In fact, the citation for one of his higher medals was altered no less than
three times over the years. Not just an `unusual' circumstance, but totally
*unheard-of*.


One of the alterations to the original citation contains the signature of a
Secretary of the Navy, who has no knowledge of the alteration, does not
recall signing such an alteration `for' John Kerry (a Secretary of the Navy
would certainly remember revising the citation to a high medal for a U.S.
Senator).


At the very least, if any impropriety is found on Kerry's part, regardless of
how minor, there is no getting around the fact that Kerry had the knowledge
that the record was wrong all these years, and did nothing to set the record
straight.


Whatever is found, Kerry's proven to be a liar and a fraud (and no Monica
Lewinski was even needed).


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