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John Kerry's memory of his Vietnam era appeared lately to be more and more distant from the truth and reality, almost on a daily basis.Indeed, his recollection of a certain Christmas supposedly in Cambodia, that has now been exposed and lies somewhere between personal fantasy and deliberate deceit, seems to be just one sham among many others - and probably not the worst of all.
Interestingly enough, in the light of what we learned on his tour of duty and what he wanted the American people to believe, Kerry's attacks of Bush's service at the same time demonstrate yet another time a very familiar paradigm that, in my own experience, always proved to be right:
When people on the Left accuse anybody or anything of anything, it means they're already guilty of it ten times more themselves*.
I frankly couldn't care less about what John Kerry did in Vietnam - though I found particularly fulsome and despicable what he did immediately after - and the same goes for George W. Bush, as I'm much more concerned by both men's records in the current world conflict, than in the past one (yes, Bush wins hands down for the moment).
However, Kerry himself chose to pick the fight this way. He opened
*: No seriously, it always works: see how they blame Capitalism for all the misery in the world, while Socialism has an unmatchable worldwide record of creating crass poverty. See how they charge America with colonialism and warmongering while Communist ogres devoured Eastern Europe and a large part of Asia (but failed in South America, thank in no small part to Ronald Reagan), whilst fuelling, financing and training terrorists and 'revolutionaries' of all kinds worldwide. See how they protest a supposed 'crushing of dissent' in liberal democracies, while this is in fact a pillar of all collectivist regimes and movements.
Human rights, economics, social issues, the list goes on and on...

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1893 - Francis
Francis
C’est magnifique mais ce n’est pas la guerre :)
1894 - the dissident frogman
the dissident frogman France
Ben, Pfff, ‘videmment que nan! C’est jamais la guerre sur l’île aux enfants-le-pays-joyeux-des-monstres-gentils-oui-c’est-un-paradis. :))))))))))))))))))))
1895 - LuminaT
LuminaT
The flash was brilliant! I watched it five times. Well, I nearly watched it five times, I mean.
1896 - Melody
Melody
Strange… a couple of days after you write this, I wonder where Cambodia is & do a search & find your red button.
This is why I was searching:
http://www.glorify-god.com/articles/12.html#_The_Value_of
Hope somebody finds it soon…
Blessing on you & your family :)
1897 - lola
lola
Jolie réalisation, mais votre article manque un peu de punch! Habituellement, vous avez plus de verve, ou êtes plus exubérant, plus convainquant peut-être? Respectueuses salutations.
1898 - Jerome
Jerome
Marrant ce site…
A contre-courant de l’histoire mais bon… J’ai pas (encore) lu tous les posts , j’avoue. Je tiens juste à préciser que ce n’est pas Kerry qui fait une affaire de son passé militaire, ce sont les républicains qui tiennent à le trianer dans la boue à ce sujet. Et ces médailles, même contestables, sont bien plus significatives que d’être planqué et de ne même pas avoir fini son service militaire (en temps de guerre !).
C’est là-dessus que Kerry se base. Comment Bush se prétend plus patriote, en ex-alcolo reconverti grâce à Jesus, me laisse perplexe ...
1899 - the dissident frogman
the dissident frogman France
Jerome:
Un conseil, lisez tout avant de me balancer la sauce “mon Kerry, ce héros”, car vous vous apercevrez que vous ne vous adressez pas à votre grand-mère restée au pays ou à un quelconque gaulois désinformé à grand coups de Libé.
Ici, on n’ignore plus grand chose de l’infâme ordure qu’à été Kerry pendant ses 4 mois de service et les années qui ont suivi. Qu’il s’agisse de http://www.swiftvetsandpows.com/
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41106
ou de http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/, le genre d’air au pipeau que vous venez de me jouer sonne aussi faux que les décorations de Kerry.
Contre courant de l’histoire ? Evitez plutôt de jouer au petit commissaire politique et de tenter de la réécrire…
1900 - Patrick Carroll
Patrick Carroll
Hey, Jerome,
What you don’t realize is that the Democrats tried their standard tactic in the last election: appeal to enough small segments of the population so as to amass 50% + 1 votes, and take power. They picked Kerry because even though they’re not serious about national defense, they needed to convince just enough people to get the 50% + 1 votes. Kery gave them a (questionably) decorated veteran, something they weren’t going to get with any of the other candidates.
Unfortunately for them, Kerry simply couldn’t overcome questions about his seriousness. Bush, on the other hand, was able to convince a majority that he was serious about defending the borders and bringing the fight to the enemy. And so he won.
Bush’s alcoholism, and discredited reports about his Texas Air National Guard service meant nothing by comparison with his willingness to topple regimes that sponsor terrorism. All Kerry had, by comparison, were three Purple Hearts he got for wounds that required band-aids, and which he did/did not throw away, and some questionable stories he could not prove.
1901 - Shari
Shari
I really like your site!! Bravo! Now I can celebrate the French again…
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