Thread: Kerry calls on Bush to denounce attack ads

Originally Posted by Alex82

I do not see what is your point. Kerry pointed on war crimes in Vietnam. What is problem than???

He admited to war crimes, and he should have known better. He wasn't a High School drop out easily led, he was the leader.

Originally Posted by Alex82

All the world know that some parts of U.S army commited war crimes in Vietnam.

Something like 2.5 million Americans served in Vietnam, sure there were bad people in there, but the acts of the Americans can't match the acts of the Vietnamese against the Vietnamese.

Originally Posted by Alex82

I think that people who attack Kerry because his speach related to war crimes actually suport war crimes in Vietnam and think that those rapes and crimes were good.

I want all war criminals punished, and if Kerry was one, then him too.

Originally Posted by Alex82

no one have never been even prosecuted.

That's puckey, Lt. William L. Calley was convicted of war crimes for ordering the 1968 My Lai massacre of unarmed civilians during the Vietnam War.

Originally Posted by Alex82

From 1969-1973 almost 10 000 civilians were executed.

I like to see some proof of that or did you just pull that out of thin air?

Originally Posted by Alex82

I think that people who attack Kerry because his speach related to war crimes actually suport war crimes in Vietnam and think that those rapes and crimes were good.

The JAG records are quite clear in that regard. Those who were accused of rape and other crimes were investigaged and if deemed necessary, prosecuted. Rapes, however, is a police/criminal matter, and not a war crime matter. There were plenty of convictions of those.

Originally Posted by Alex82

For 10 000 executed civilians no one have never been even prosecuted.

Prove that 10,0000 civilians were executed and I mean executed - line up against the wall and shot, drowned, hanged. I mean deliberate murder and not collateral damage.

Originally Posted by Confed999

Hey, I said I like that site, I really do. My point was, without anything else concrete I don't have a question about Kerry's service. Burden of proof is on the accuser, but if the journal entry above is authentic, I have no idea if it was, there should be hell to pay. If it turns out it was a malicious attack instead, same with any of the Swift Boat stuff and MoveOn stuff, then the attackers should be punished. All I want is the truth, and since the only things I know about Kerry for sure are: he was in Vietnam, not Cambodia though, for 4 months, afterwards he admited to war crimes and accused others of the same, not only to Congress, but to the North Vietnamese as well. He spent decades in the Senate voting to raise taxes, slash intelligence spending, stop most of the weapons in use today, take away my personal liberties, etc., etc.. Finally, I know that the only thing I have to go by, with Kerry, is his past, because his story for the future changes far to often for me to keep up with. Since I've seen all of that on video, in pictures, and on his voting record, I'm not so likely to trust anything he, or even his party, says. Trust me Trooth, I judge Kerry on Kerry, nobody else, and I can write something, like the above, for many Republicans as well.

Confed as always, I agree with your points

Some more questions:

1) What ever became of Lt. Calley? Was he executed like the Australian guys in the Boer War?

2) Should John Kerry not be put on trial for his crimes? The liberals whine about Bush being a criminal by invading Iraq and not going after Bin Laden, yet at the same time their presidential contender is a self admitted war criminal and they dont say a word . Those people sicken me, god help us if John Kerry wins because if your a Republican and accused of a crime you must be guilty, and if you a Demoncrat and accused of a crime you must be innocent according to the logic they used with Bush and Iraq.

Originally Posted by ChrisF202

2) Should John Kerry not be put on trial for his crimes? The liberals whine about Bush being a criminal by invading Iraq and not going after Bin Laden, yet at the same time their presidential contender is a self admitted war criminal and they dont say a word . Those people sicken me, god help us if John Kerry wins because if your a Republican and accused of a crime you must be guilty, and if you a Demoncrat and accused of a crime you must be innocent according to the logic they used with Bush and Iraq.

Personally i think he should be. At the very least his allegatons should have been investigated and he and those officers and servicemen below and above should be indicted as appropriate. However, the problem here is similar to arguements about awards and citations. It is the collateral damage of "the system".

Originally Posted by ChrisF202

Should John Kerry not be put on trial for his crimes?

I think anyone willing to admit to commiting atrocities, especially if it's while giving aid and comfort to the enemy, should be, at the least, investigated.