"SWIFTIES" CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG!
A once secret archive, assembled by a Pentagon task force 40 years ago has been declassified revealing documented abuse by U.S. military during the Viet Nam War. In a special to the LA Times by Nick Turse and Deborah Nelson you will read - to the dismay of John O'Neill and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth - that the incidents that John Kerry testified to during that infamous Senate hearing were in fact carried out by American soldiers in Viet Nam.
The documents detail 320 alleged incidents that were substantiated by Army investigators — not including the most notorious U.S. atrocity, the 1968 My Lai massacre....
Abuses were not confined to a few rogue units, a Times review of the files found. They were uncovered in every Army division that operated in Vietnam.
Just makes me wonder if the Swifties will now face charges of slander and libel. And will they decide to back off their ludicrous and meretricious law suit against Rep. John Murtha.
Retired Brig. Gen. John H. Johns, a Vietnam veteran who served on the task force, says he once supported keeping the records secret but now believes they deserve wide attention in light of alleged attacks on civilians and abuse of prisoners in Iraq.
This cat is out of the bag, for better or worse.
I had a friend who personally told of them. Including that the orders came from higher command to such things.
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August 5, 2006 10:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
War is the perfect environment for atrocities and the monsters who commit them. The swift boating of Murtha is shameful.
August 5, 2006 10:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wouldn't it be justice if some of the Swifties showed up in these reports.
August 7, 2006 12:51 PM | Reply | Permalink