Sinclair Broadcasting Group Poised to Break Election Laws

The Vietnam War saw the highest proportion of blacks ever to serve in an American war. During the height of the U.S. involvement, 1965-69, blacks, who formed 11 percent of the American population, made up 12.6 percent of the soldiers in Vietnam. The majority of these were in the infantry, and although authorities differ on the figures, the percentage of black combat fatalities in that period was a staggering 14.9 percent, a proportion that subsequently declined. Volunteers and draftees included many frustrated blacks whose impatience with the war and the delays in racial progress in America led to race riots on a number of ships and military bases, beginning in 1968, and the services' response in creating interracial councils and racial sensitivity training. . . .

The participation of Americans of African descent in the U.S. military has a long and distinguished history. But although African Americans have participated in all American wars, they have sometimes faced almost as bitter a hostility from their fellow Americans as from the enemy. Nevertheless, particularly since the 1970s, the U.S. military has made a serious effort at racial integration, and while much remains to be done, the military has achieved a degree of success in this area that surpasses most civilian institutions.

There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50 calibre machine guns, which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search and destroy missions, in the burning of villages. All of this is contrary to the laws of warfare, all of this is contrary to the Geneva Conventions and all of this is ordered as a matter of written established policy by the government of the United States from the top down. And I believe that the men who designed these, the men who designed the free fire zone, the men who ordered us, the men who signed off the air raid strike areas, I think these men, by the letter of the law, the same letter of the law that tried Lieutenant Calley, are war criminals.

Caution is advised in the use of personal insults, dookie. This is not abuzz and there are moderators here.

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Caution is advised in the use of personal insults, dookie. This is not abuzz and there are moderators here.

I'm scared. Now perhaps we can discuss the truth.

There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50 calibre machine guns, which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search and destroy missions, in the burning of villages. All of this is contrary to the laws of warfare, all of this is contrary to the Geneva Conventions and all of this is ordered as a matter of written established policy by the government of the United States from the top down. And I believe that the men who designed these, the men who designed the free fire zone, the men who ordered us, the men who signed off the air raid strike areas, I think these men, by the letter of the law, the same letter of the law that tried Lieutenant Calley, are war criminals

McGentrix:

Notice how Kerry refers to COMMANDING OFFICERS, not EVERY SOLDIER who fought in Vietnam.

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There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50 calibre machine guns, which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search and destroy missions, in the burning of villages. All of this is contrary to the laws of warfare, all of this is contrary to the Geneva Conventions and all of this is ordered as a matter of written established policy by the government of the United States from the top down. And I believe that the men who designed these, the men who designed the free fire zone, the men who ordered us, the men who signed off the air raid strike areas, I think these men, by the letter of the law, the same letter of the law that tried Lieutenant Calley, are war criminals

I agree with EVERYTHING Kerry says in this quote.

Fine, let's start with you admitting the Bush AWOL charge is a myth.

Well, that is progress, getting dookie to admit his hero is a self-confessed war criminal.

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Fine, let's start with you admitting the Bush AWOL charge is a myth.

Because it's not.

Um, I did, and have.

But like Michael Moore's movie, you refuse to actually LOOK at them. Otherwise, you'd see that there is no documentation showing that he showed up for his drills in Alabama.

Why do you think that Bush cannot remember (or tell us) ANYONE who served with him during that time?

What "are" the official records? Medical records?

No. AWOL charges and procedings would be. But they do not exist nor is there testimony that they ever did.

But Bush missed a medical exam, and was summarily grounded.

As would any other aviator. Happened to me twice in my Reserve career.

So much left unexplained. That's the problem. Bush cannot explain it.

Why?

He doesn't need to since it has had no effect on his electability. The charges must be legally proven to have any effect. And they won't be because there is no evidene to support such a charge.

No. AWOL charges and procedings would be. But they do not exist nor is there testimony that they ever did.

As would any other aviator. Happened to me twice in my Reserve career.

He doesn't need to since it has had no effect on his electability. The charges must be legally proven to have any effect. And they won't be because there is no evidene to support such a charge.

It is a proven fact that these bogus AWOL charges have not effected Bush's electability.