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| Unfit for command? |
| 2004-08-12 |
| By Tony Blankley I stayed up late last night and read from cover to cover the book "Unfit for Command — Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry." An impartial reader (if there is still such a beast in this election season) would have to conclude that either the book is a pack of lies or John Kerry is in fact a reckless, lying man who misrepresented the facts in order to receive medals he didn't deserve, and is indeed unfit to command even a tug boat, let alone the United States military as president. The book appears to be meticulously researched and reported. It is replete with copious footnotes, a detailed index and two appendices. First-hand witnesses are named and quoted verbatim to support each specific, shocking charge. Each charge of false heroics is logically presented. The authors quote the official Navy citation and then present the purported eyewitness testimony that refutes the official finding. The witnesses who are summoned forth are officers and men who served simultaneously with Mr. Kerry in Coastal Division 11 and purport to be eyewitnesses to the events in question. And yet, there is another group of men, the sailors who served directly under John Kerry on the same boat with him — his band of brothers. They have traveled around the country with Mr. Kerry and have vouched for his description of his heroic, able and selfless service to our country. |
| Posted by:Anonymous5089 |
| #5 Be sure to buy it in the stores. Big box liek B&N or Borders - thats where they cull the "Top Sellers" list from. |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2004-08-12 9:22:24 PM |
| #4 August 15th, IIRC |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-12 10:15 |
| #3 Does anyone know when 'Unfit for Command' will be released? I heard last Tuesday and it wasn't in the bookstore, then I heard Yesterday and it wasn't there.... I have it on order from Amazon but they have a delivery date of September 27-30.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-08-12 10:10 |
| #2 "the fellow junior officers who captained the tiny swift boats were the functional equivalent of squad leaders...Squad leaders...on the same mission together, are in excellent positions to assess the performance of their fellow squad leaders. They are covering each other’s flanks." -I've made this statement to some libs - since most of them have no idea about military structure or tactics - they've no idea how these other officers could be in a position to accuse Kerry though I always found it painfully obvious. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-08-12 10:10 |
| #1 "Band of Brothers" comes from Henry V, by William Shakespeare, Act Iv, Scene III. "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he today that sheds his blood with me, Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition." What is probably more applicable are the line earlier in the speech; "That he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart; his passport shall be made, And crowns for convoy put in his purse; We would not die in that man's company, That fears his fellowship to die with us." |
| Posted by: Don 2004-08-12 08:54 |