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Vietnam POWs Slam Kerry in Do entary
By Jeff Gannon
Talon News
September 10, 2004
WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- The presidential campaign of Democratic Sen. John Kerry suffered another blow Thursday with the release of a new do entary. The 45-minute film features 13 former Vietnam prisoners of war who tell of how they were physically tortured by their communist captors and threatened with execution for war crimes. The evidence against them was based on the testimony of Navy Lieutenant John Kerry before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971.
"Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal" was produced by Carlton Sherwood, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and decorated Vietnam veteran. He reduced over 20 hours of vivid accounts of physical and psychological abuse suffered in North Vietnamese prison camps to a powerful indictment of the most prominent leader of the anti-war movement, John Kerry.
One by one, the men tell their horrific stories of torture at the hands of the North Vietnamese while Kerry and his cohorts paraded through the streets of Washington, DC carrying the flag of their captors. Several of their wives appear in the film to describe the impact of their husbands' prolonged absence and their reaction to the vilification of their imprisoned spouses.
The veterans in the film make the case that Kerry's public statements and antiwar activities along with Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden delayed the end of the war and postponed their release from the prison camps. While the North Vietnamese were losing the war in Southeast Asia, they say Kerry's words helped them "win the war in the streets of America."
Several members of Congress made statements prior to a screening of the film Thursday at the Marine Officers Reserve Building. One of them, Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), who flew 116 missions over Southeast Asia during the war, said that the do entary would help to dispel the "falsehoods that have prevailed over truth for 30 years."
Pitts suggested that while it was perhaps too late for an apology from Kerry, "it's never too late to correct the record."
The group of highly decorated veterans in the film has impeccable credentials; two of them are Medal of Honor recipients. One of them, Col. George "Bud" E. Day, was held captive for nearly 6 years. He criticized Kerry for masquerading as a war hero and "casting the longest shadow" over the reputations over all who served.
He said, "Every wound and every death after Kerry's testimony in 1971 could somehow be attributed to him."
Sherwood briefly mentions in the do entary that the American media played a key role in amplifying Kerry's claims of atrocities committed by U.S. troops and failing to investigate his shocking accusations. He says that the three networks in existence in 1971 all refused his repeated requests for permission to use their footage in his film.
He said, "It's time for the press to allow these men to speak. For 30 years this story has been there, for 30 years they've kept it inside."
Sherwood referred to his work as "the story the media hasn't told you and surely this is the story that John Kerry never wanted to be told."
Talon News asked if Sherwood and the men who appeared in the do entary are prepared for a smear campaign against them.
He replied, "We are all aware of what happened to the Swift Boats Veterans for Truth and the price they had to pay for their honesty and courage. We know it's coming, in fact it's already started."
Sherwood continued, "It's disgraceful that anyone would try to impeach the credibility of these fine distinguished veterans. These are among the bravest men we have alive in our country today."
He pointed out that the men associated with the project have diverse political backgrounds.
Sherwood said, "This is not political, it's deeply personal."
The producer declared, "John Kerry ran on this, John Kerry brought this up. John Kerry has built his campaign and the foundation of his entire political career on this and we want him to be accountable."
NBC's David Shuster accused Sherwood of misrepresenting Kerry's words in the editing.
Sherwood shot back, "Why wouldn't NBC allow us to use their footage?"
NBC also denied Sherwood's requests to use footage from Kerry's appearances on "Meet the Press."
Noting that Kerry hasn't held a press conference in over a month, Sherwood told Shuster, "We're asking Kerry to explain what he did and rather than have you explain and defend him."
One member of the media had a do ent from a source he refused to name en led, "5 tough questions to ask those behind Stolen Honor."
More information on the do entary is available at www.stolenhonor.com/
It may be that the mainstream media is just too corrupt at this point in history to be trusted for any relevant news reporting.
"Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or hanged."
Abraham Lincoln
To view a sample of each Vietnam POW’s comments go to View Sample Clips on the Stolen Honor website and scroll down that page til you start seeing the pictures and video clips. Be prepared to spend several minutes watching each video clip. Click on each one and listen to what these Medal of Honor recipients (two of them) and highly decorated veterans had to say about John Kerry and his anti-war statements made while they were being held in captivity. Many of them were tortured further (some until they died) because they refused to sign a statement that they had committed the atrocities that LT. JOHN FORBES KERRY said to the world that they had... They have kept quiet, for the most part, while rebuilding their lives, until Kerry decided to run for President. Now they are speaking out, and the DNC, Kerry campaign, mainstream media and TV networks are doing all they can to prevent this from coming out.
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Now the man behind "Stolen Honor" is Carlton Sherwood, producer of the do entary and president of the shadowy group (sorry, I just love when Scott McClellan uses that term) Red, White and Blue Productions. Sherwood also happens to be a former reporter for the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Washington Times and was, well, according to PBS's Frontline, a bit of a shill for the Unification Church.
And, perhaps of more interest, Sherwood has some pretty close ties to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge. Here's Ridge speaking before the National Press Club in February 2002:
And *cough* surprise, surpriseAnd the other Marine -- I do have a couple Marines that are friends. (Laughter.) Everybody ought to have a couple Marines as friends. Then your homeland would definitely be secure -- is Carlton Sherwood (phonetic), who headed up my commonwealth media services when I was privileged to serve the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A decorated Vietnam veteran, a prizewinning journalist himself. So, Carlton, I would like you to stand up and be recognized. (Applause.)
That article was dated June 2003 and according to this do ent (PDF file) the site was supposed to go live on March 2004, but so far ... nada. But it's not like we're in any hurry or anything. Take your time. You've got do entaries to produce. And a whole bunch of history to cover up.And speaking of homeland security, a former Ridge confidant and administration official, Carlton Sherwood, is now executive vice president of the WVC3 Group, a well-connected anti-terrorism, security firm headquartered in Reston, VA. (www.wvc3.com). Sherwood directed then-Gov. Ridge's award-winning broadcast TV and radio operations in Harrisburg. Sherwood has been tapped to create and manage a new Fed website- www.firstresponder.gov-a key Bush Administration public outreach program directed to the more than 8 million police, fire, EMS and emergency management personnel nationwide. The new "professional" internet site, scheduled to go on-line later this year, will feature an array of training and educational components in addition to news and information tailored to the interests of the first responder community.
You're just having a hard time accepting that there's a whole of a lot of Vietnam Veterans that would rather see Kerry feeding worms than sitting in the White House.
Ever stop to think that maybe these people are partisan Republicans because of Kerry?
Right. I'm sure that Mr. Sherwoods connection to Tom Ridge and the Homeland Security Department had nothing to do with his book attacking John Kerry.
Debunk the content.
How it got published is irrelevant.
Just like the CBS do ents right?
The CBS do ents were forged...there's no content to debunk, it was all made up.
Right. So those 1972 Bush National Guard do ents through themselves in the trash, and that 30 year old micro-fiche backup that is supposed to last 400 years was really just 'accidentally' destroyed. No cover-up here.
Why is it that you can question Bush's official honorable discharge but the Swift Vets cannot do the same to Kerry's naval records?
Why is it you believe the Swift boat liars and not Dan Rather?
Maybe you haven't been following the news lately, but it's Dan Rather who is the liar.Why is it you believe the Swift boat liars and not Dan Rather?
When have I ever said I believed them?Why is it you believe the Swift boat liars and not Dan Rather?
Again, answer the question:
Why is it that you can question Bush's official honorable discharge but the Swift Vets cannot do the same to Kerry's naval records?
Dan Rather? Are you sure you don't want to rephrase that question?"Why is it you believe the Swift boat liars and not Dan Rather?"
And, again, debunk the content of the Swiftboat ads or the book.
We've already debunked Rather's rather biased -- and impotent -- attempt to affect the outcome of this year's election.
It just seems like a Rather convenient double standard.
So what did Dan Rather lie about? That he thought the do ents were vetted and authenticated? Nope. That he thought that Burkett had been the original source of the do ent? Nope. That is was absolutely convinced by the White Houses inaction and apathy toward the do ents that they were in fact originals? Nope. That Ms. Knox's confirmation that the content in the do ents were indeed accurate unsubstantiated the legitimacy of the do ents? Nope.Maybe you haven't been following the news lately, but it's Dan Rather who is the liar.
Will someone tell me where Dan Rather lied?
Now, you're trying to tell us that Dan Rather had no idea who Bill Burkett was and that it was possible anything that came from that man was suspect?
danny, he "intentionally misled."
Like the administration did on Iraq?
No, the Administration didn't mislead.
At worst that was unintentionally misled.
Anyways, back to the question danny refuses to answer:
Why is it that you can question Bush's official honorable discharge but the Swift Vets cannot do the same to Kerry's naval records?
Kerry's Naval Records have been scrutinized over and over again. There is simply no smoking gun there so the Neocon attack machines want to dig further. What are they looking for? They haven't a clue.
Bush's National Guard Records have been scrutinized over and over again. There is simply no smoking gun there so the Leftist attack machines want to dig further. What are they looking for? They haven't a clue.
Then why did the Navy disclose, day before yesterday, that Kerry had failed to file a form 180 that would have allowed them to release the final 31 pages of his military records?"Kerry's Naval Records have been scrutinized over and over again."
I thought Kerry said he'd released all his records?
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