Saturday, August 21, 2004
Swift Boat Vets for what now?
Swift Boat commander ends his dignified silence to challenge the undignified.
Before now, wanting to put memories of war and killing behind him, Rood had refused all requests for interviews on the subject, including from his own newspaper.
"But Kerry's critics, armed with stories I know to be untrue, have charged that the accounts of what happened were overblown." he wrote.
"The critics have taken pains to say they're not trying to cast doubts on the merit of what others did, but their version of events has splashed doubt on all of us.
"It's gotten harder and harder for those of us who were there to listen to accounts we know to be untrue, especially when they come from people who were not there," he added.
Team Bush in collusion?
Mr. Kerry called them "a front for the Bush campaign" - a charge the campaign denied.
I report, you decide.
Swift Boat commander ends his dignified silence to challenge the undignified.
Before now, wanting to put memories of war and killing behind him, Rood had refused all requests for interviews on the subject, including from his own newspaper.
"But Kerry's critics, armed with stories I know to be untrue, have charged that the accounts of what happened were overblown." he wrote.
"The critics have taken pains to say they're not trying to cast doubts on the merit of what others did, but their version of events has splashed doubt on all of us.
"It's gotten harder and harder for those of us who were there to listen to accounts we know to be untrue, especially when they come from people who were not there," he added.
Team Bush in collusion?
Mr. Kerry called them "a front for the Bush campaign" - a charge the campaign denied.
I report, you decide.
