"Photo of Kerry with Fonda enrages Vietnam veterans"

"Stephen Harding" wrote in message
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Bob McKellar wrote:

Mike wrote:


Photo of Kerry with Fonda enrages Vietnam veterans
A photograph of John Kerry together with Jane Fonda at an anti-Vietnam
War rally in 1970 in Pennsylvania has surfaced on the Internet,
angering veterans who say his association with her 34 years ago is a
slap in the faces of Vietnam War veterans.
at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20...3002-8027r.htm


He should have known she would stupidly go to Hanoi two years later.
Did
he neglect to check his crystal ball?

If you're in politics in modern day USA, the crystal ball is
assumed for all players. (Reagan should have known the shuttle
would blow; Bush should have known the WTC would be destroyed).

I think many people of 1970 would never have believed being
anti-war would be a negative attribute in the future.

You are missing the point of the crystal ball allusion in this case; the
poster meant that Kerry had no way of knowing Hanoi Jane would two years
later become...well, Hanoi Jane. But in actuality, Kerry had an apparently
long-running affiliation with Jane in the anti-war movement, including that
appearance in the photo in 1970, and his attendance at the "Winter Soldier
Investigation" fiasco in 1971. Kerry claims to have been the mastermind
behind "Dewey Canyon III", when the VVAW moved onto the Mall and then played
their little games (i.e., fake firefights--wonder how that would go down in
today's security environment?) on the Capitol steps, and his now famous
discarding of his medals (oops, that's right--*someone else's* medals),
while he wore his ridiculous fatigues-with-ribbons ensemble. Jane Fonda was
a *big* supporter of VVAW, and reportedly underwrote the whole "Winter
Soldier" event (conducted in Detroit of all places, because Jane thought it
more "real" than DC).

And now we have Kerry questioning the President's reserve drill attendance
record. A poster in another NG brought up an interesting point--Kerry, a
USNR officer with a service commitment, acknowledges he received an early
release from active duty and his Admiral's aide duty. What was *his*
subsequent reserve obligation, which he apparently never performed (running
those rallies with the VVAW would not have been conducive to attending
weekend drills...)? Will our media give equal consideration to investigating
*his* records background vis a vis any reserve commitment he may not have
actually completed?

Brooks


SMH