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Same as a fighter squadren. You knew tho was good, who was weak, and what
the others did. You did not have to be in the same plane. They worked along side the boat, these were not all solo missions. Bill "jps" wrote in message ... In article , says... "jps" wrote in message .....Having never served, you still think someone would have to have been on exactly the same boat in order to have any comprehension of the circumstances. "They served on similar boats at the same time in the same area." NOT on the same boat. See above. Would anyone know you as well as your own men, if you had commanded that swift boat? Nope. And he has every man who served with and under him on his side. Doesn't lend much credibility to you Republican shills. jps |
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Same as a fighter squadren. You knew tho was good, who was weak, and what
the others did. You did not have to be in the same plane. They worked along side the boat, these were not all solo missions. Bill Let's see here. Six guys per boat. 250 people swearing they say Kerry do this, Kerry do that.....(oh, make that 249 because his Commander got a guilty conscience and stated that he regrets signing the paper shoved in front of him). That comes to over 40 boats. Bill, that's not a "mission", that's an armada. Really support our troops. Join "Soldiers for The Truth". http://www.sftt.org/ |
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"Gould 0738" wrote in message ... Same as a fighter squadren. You knew tho was good, who was weak, and what the others did. You did not have to be in the same plane. They worked along side the boat, these were not all solo missions. Bill Let's see here. Six guys per boat. 250 people swearing they say Kerry do this, Kerry do that.....(oh, make that 249 because his Commander got a guilty conscience and stated that he regrets signing the paper shoved in front of him). That comes to over 40 boats. Bill, that's not a "mission", that's an armada. Really support our troops. Join "Soldiers for The Truth". http://www.sftt.org/ They did not all work the same place at the same time, but I bet they worked in teams a lot of the time. If the boat took a disabling hit, they would be toast if a single boat. Same as a wing man in the air force or naval air. I have a buddy who was shot down a couple of times (Marine pilot), and he states the buddies check out damage and flew cover. I would bery much presume the same for boats. Bill |
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On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 18:38:18 -0400, John Gaquin wrote:
I seem to recall from the primary campaign that there was at least one crewman of his who takes exception to the general descriptives. Obviously, he's not part of the traveling roadshow. Correct, 9 out of 10 support Kerry. There is a lone exception: http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...599034,00.html |
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"Karl Denninger" wrote in message ink.net... Go look it up. The current Drudge Report front page has this article present. It is as was posted by this other user. How hard is it for you to check for yourself, Jim? That is not the point. The point is that the link should be posted. Krause has altered work in the past to fit his agenda and posted it as the original writing by the author. Also, there is no need to post the entire article. He can post a few important paragraphs, a link and a comment on them and move on. |
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... jim-- wrote: "Karl Denninger" wrote in message ink.net... Go look it up. The current Drudge Report front page has this article present. It is as was posted by this other user. How hard is it for you to check for yourself, Jim? Krause has altered work in the past to fit his agenda and posted it as the original writing by the author. Yawn. Sort of sums up your ethics quite nicely, eh Krause? |
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They did not all work the same place at the same time, but I bet they worked
in teams a lot of the time. If the boat took a disabling hit, they would be toast if a single boat. Same as a wing man in the air force or naval air. I have a buddy who was shot down a couple of times (Marine pilot), and he states the buddies check out damage and flew cover. I would bery much presume the same for boats. Bill Yes, the swift boats were often deployed in small groups. The problem with your Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth is that they make some specific charges about specific actions that Kerry supposedly took during combat. Most of the 249 guys were not there. The men who actually served on Kerry's boat not only say "That's horse****!", they are campaigning for him. For example: On Friday I heard two different radio interviews. The first was 2-3 guys from Swift Boat Veterans for (distorting the) Truth. They all claimed to have been on the scene when Kerry turned his boat around to pick the guy out of the water. They said that Kerry's boat was never under fire at any time during the engagement, that another boat was hit instead, and that Kerry sped off and (basically) "hid" until he was sure the area was safe. The second was with the guy that was pulled out of the water. It turns out, the guy was *not* actually part of Kerry's crew. He was Army, a Green Beret. The Special Forces used to get ferried into various areas by swift boats, and that was Kerry's mission on the day in question. According to the Green Beret, they were proceeding up the river when they came under heavy small arms fire. The bow gunner's weapon was disabled by hostile fire, and the soldier was going forward with another weapon when a mortar rocked the boat, throwing Kerry against some machinery and tossing the soldier overboard. By the time Kerry got back to the helm, the boat was a little distance away from the MOB. According to the guy who was in the water, Kerry turned the boat around (while the small arms fire from both banks continued) and recovered him. He was a sitting duck in that river, and he credits Kerry for saving his life. So, ladies and gentleman of the jury, we have two stories to consider. One version of events is being related by a much larger group, but nearly all of them were *somewhere else* when the events occured. The other version of events is being related, very consistently, by everybody who was actually on board the boat in question and substantiated by the guy who was pulled out of the river. Since none of us were there, it becomes a judgment call. Do we believe 200, 2000, or 20000 people who *weren't there* either? Or do we have to conclude (even if our politics cause us to wish it were otherwise) that the people who were actually on the scene can give a better and more accurate account of events? What's that Faux News slogan? "We distort, so you'll divide". |
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"Gould 0738" wrote in message ... They did not all work the same place at the same time, but I bet they worked in teams a lot of the time. If the boat took a disabling hit, they would be toast if a single boat. Same as a wing man in the air force or naval air. I have a buddy who was shot down a couple of times (Marine pilot), and he states the buddies check out damage and flew cover. I would bery much presume the same for boats. Bill Yes, the swift boats were often deployed in small groups. The problem with your Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth is that they make some specific charges about specific actions that Kerry supposedly took during combat. Most of the 249 guys were not there. The men who actually served on Kerry's boat not only say "That's horse****!", they are campaigning for him. For example: On Friday I heard two different radio interviews. The first was 2-3 guys from Swift Boat Veterans for (distorting the) Truth. They all claimed to have been on the scene when Kerry turned his boat around to pick the guy out of the water. They said that Kerry's boat was never under fire at any time during the engagement, that another boat was hit instead, and that Kerry sped off and (basically) "hid" until he was sure the area was safe. The second was with the guy that was pulled out of the water. It turns out, the guy was *not* actually part of Kerry's crew. He was Army, a Green Beret. The Special Forces used to get ferried into various areas by swift boats, and that was Kerry's mission on the day in question. According to the Green Beret, they were proceeding up the river when they came under heavy small arms fire. The bow gunner's weapon was disabled by hostile fire, and the soldier was going forward with another weapon when a mortar rocked the boat, throwing Kerry against some machinery and tossing the soldier overboard. By the time Kerry got back to the helm, the boat was a little distance away from the MOB. According to the guy who was in the water, Kerry turned the boat around (while the small arms fire from both banks continued) and recovered him. He was a sitting duck in that river, and he credits Kerry for saving his life. So, ladies and gentleman of the jury, we have two stories to consider. One version of events is being related by a much larger group, but nearly all of them were *somewhere else* when the events occured. The other version of events is being related, very consistently, by everybody who was actually on board the boat in question and substantiated by the guy who was pulled out of the river. Funny I heard that one of our mines went off near Kerry's swift boat (that's how he got shrapnel scratch on arm), the man fell overboard and Kerry turned around and picked him up. All the while suppression fire was targeted on the beach from the boats. They found out later that there was no enemy to suppress. It doesn't change the fact that Kerry THOUGHT there was fire from shore. That it was a brave thing he did. My only criticisim was he applied for and got a purple heart. |
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Gould, you are blind. Open your eyes. The guys on Kerry's boat most likely
got stuck there because they couldn't transfer off due to nobody wanting to transfer onto Kerry's boat. Kerry never went anywhere alone on his boat. There was always somebody covering his six or he was covering somebody else's six. What is telling is that the CO's of the other boats didn't trust Kerry covering their six. If you are not trusted to cover someone's six then you are really a screw up. "Gould 0738" wrote in message ... They did not all work the same place at the same time, but I bet they worked in teams a lot of the time. If the boat took a disabling hit, they would be toast if a single boat. Same as a wing man in the air force or naval air. I have a buddy who was shot down a couple of times (Marine pilot), and he states the buddies check out damage and flew cover. I would bery much presume the same for boats. Bill Yes, the swift boats were often deployed in small groups. The problem with your Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth is that they make some specific charges about specific actions that Kerry supposedly took during combat. Most of the 249 guys were not there. The men who actually served on Kerry's boat not only say "That's horse****!", they are campaigning for him. For example: On Friday I heard two different radio interviews. The first was 2-3 guys from Swift Boat Veterans for (distorting the) Truth. They all claimed to have been on the scene when Kerry turned his boat around to pick the guy out of the water. They said that Kerry's boat was never under fire at any time during the engagement, that another boat was hit instead, and that Kerry sped off and (basically) "hid" until he was sure the area was safe. The second was with the guy that was pulled out of the water. It turns out, the guy was *not* actually part of Kerry's crew. He was Army, a Green Beret. The Special Forces used to get ferried into various areas by swift boats, and that was Kerry's mission on the day in question. According to the Green Beret, they were proceeding up the river when they came under heavy small arms fire. The bow gunner's weapon was disabled by hostile fire, and the soldier was going forward with another weapon when a mortar rocked the boat, throwing Kerry against some machinery and tossing the soldier overboard. By the time Kerry got back to the helm, the boat was a little distance away from the MOB. According to the guy who was in the water, Kerry turned the boat around (while the small arms fire from both banks continued) and recovered him. He was a sitting duck in that river, and he credits Kerry for saving his life. So, ladies and gentleman of the jury, we have two stories to consider. One version of events is being related by a much larger group, but nearly all of them were *somewhere else* when the events occured. The other version of events is being related, very consistently, by everybody who was actually on board the boat in question and substantiated by the guy who was pulled out of the river. Since none of us were there, it becomes a judgment call. Do we believe 200, 2000, or 20000 people who *weren't there* either? Or do we have to conclude (even if our politics cause us to wish it were otherwise) that the people who were actually on the scene can give a better and more accurate account of events? What's that Faux News slogan? "We distort, so you'll divide". |
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