I am a war criminal. Yes, you heard correctlya war criminal! Let me explain why.
In 1971, then Lt. (j.g.) John Kerry testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and portrayed American soldiers as murderers, rapists and torturers who ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam . . . [and] razed villages in a fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan. I dont know about the rape and torture part, but I do know that every time I took off on a mission in Vietnam I made a sacred vow that any Viet Cong or North Vietnam Army soldier I caught attacking or trying to ambush our troops on the ground was going to suffer a lot of pain and probably lose his life. Is that any different than razing a village where insurgents hid during the day and launched attacks at night? I dont think so. As I see it, if the Americans who fought so valiantly on the ground during the Vietnam War are war criminals, then so am I.
Without question, John Kerrys characterization of American soldiers terrorists, and the enemy as victims of a barbaric U.S. military which tortures and murders defenseless civilians was wildly popular with the likes of Jane Fonda and other members of the anti-war...