Swiftboating the Swift vets

The story in the NY Times claims that Swift vets who did not oppose John Kerry are offended by the way the name is now being used as a verb by Democrats. But the story does not blame the Democrats for this disparagement. It blames the Swift vets who opposed Kerry for among other things Kerry's slander of the troops in Vietnam including the Swift vets.

It does not take long to see how circular logic is of the premise of the story. The most effective ad the Swift vets ran was not one where they challenged his service record, it was the one where Kerry was slandering the troops before a Congressional committee.

The story also paints with a broad brush minor inconsistencies in some of the allegations in an attempt to challenge the credibility of the charges. It is a dishonest argument and it is being used to slander the vets who made the allegations against Kerry in good faith.

It is not clear why the vets who were being vilified in this piece were not available for comment or to refute the charges.

Anyone who thinks Kerry's speech before Congress was true is believing a continuing slander of those of us who served in Vietnam. Kerry's broad allegations were demonstrably false, yet the story does not give his credibility the same treatment it gives the Swift vets.

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