A message
from a Great American
Since 10-29-07
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Subject: [MRGRG-MS] Fw: A message from a Great American, Col Bud
Day...Liberal's War on America
Importance: High
My Dear Fellow
Americans:
For the last few weeks, the “Liberal’s War on America” has gone badly.
* MoveOn, the New York Times, and Senators who accused Gen. Petraeus of
being a traitor and a liar have been exposed and repudiated;
* The media’s attempted flim-flam to portray Iran’s Terrorist Dictator
as a “Statesman,” tripped on Columbia University’s red carpet;
* The brave combat Marines whom Congressman Murtha and the press eagerly
charged with “cold-blooded murders” in Iraq are being found innocent,
acquitted one by one.
The “War” is not going well … the “War On America,” that is.
Those who claim they “Support the Troops” are finally being unmasked,
shown for being the cowards they are. But, it won’t be long before they
regroup, begin their own “Surge” in this decades-long “War On America.”
We won’t stand by quietly when they do; nor, should you.
My fellow POWs and I have long known the contempt the extreme Left has
for our military. We felt the crush of rifle butts in our faces,
beatings and unspeakable torture in the Hanoi Hilton Prison when we
refused to kowtow to American traitors who traveled to these countries
for propaganda “photo-ops” with our Communist jailors.
The so-called “anti-war movement,” lead by the likes of Lt. John Kerry
and his mentor, Sen. Ted Kennedy, also said they “supported the troops”.
What they didn’t say is whose “troops.”
We knew the answer then, we were witnesses and victims. It’s the same
today. They “support” America’s enemies, any Communist Regime, Dictator
or Terrorists that vow to kill and maim American soldiers and innocent
civilians.
American soldiers in
Vietnam
were falsely accused of being a “barbarian horde,” “rapists,”
“murderers,” “drug addicts” and “baby killers.”
Today, their sons, daughters and grandchildren serving in uniform stand
accused of being “terrorists,” “Nazis,” “cold-blooded murderers,” people
who wantonly conduct “air raids on villages” bombing and killing
civilians.
Every one of those spurious accusations were spewed from the Halls of
Congress, most often by the same men and women who voted to send
America’s youth to war, only to denounce, vilify and abandon them later,
when the opportunity for personal, political advantage presented itself.
When I and my fellow veterans — POWs, Soldiers, Airmen, Marines and Navy
Swift Boat combat veterans alike — attempted to warn America about one
of the most notorious turncoats from the Vietnam era, we were initially
ignored by the mainstream media.
When the press and TV networks could no longer cover-up for John Kerry’s
very public treasonous conduct, we were accused of being “serial liars,”
shouted down by Leftist political campaign operatives disguised as
“journalists.” All the while the networks kept the film evidence of Lt.
Kerry’s betrayal under lock and key, where it remains hidden from the
American public even today.
The recent treatment accorded Gen. Petraeus by the same radicals in
Congress and the media was strikingly similar to our experiences in
2004. Before he uttered a single word, this highly decorated combat
veteran, a man of great honor who has risked his life many times in the
defense of our country, stood accused, disparaged and berated by a pack
of power-hungry shirkers and slackers unworthy to polish his combat
medals. Contribute
Veterans who attempted to expose Sen. Kerry in 2004 were treated no
better. But, Kerry and his band of Leftist comrades had something
special in store for me and my fellow POWs and their wives. We were sued
repeatedly for three long years, forced to spend $1 million just to
defend ourselves in several frivolous lawsuits.
What did we do to cause such a prolonged, vindictive assault? We told
the truth no Mainstream Media news operation wanted the American public
to know, then or now.
Dozens of my fellow POWs and their wives participated in a documentary,
“Stolen Honor: Wounds that Never Heal.” In that film we said Kerry and
his anti-war followers were liars and frauds working on behalf of our
brutal Communists captors. Their collaboration with the enemy prolonged
our captivity and the Vietnam War itself by years. Their vicious lies
accusing us and all U.S. servicemen of being “war criminals” put our
lives and the lives of Americans still fighting on the battlefield in
grave danger.
Worse of all, Kerry’s self-aggrandizing, false accusations against
American soldiers who had born the brunt of the bleeding and dying in
Vietnam, spawned the myths our young men and women in Iraq today are
forced to defend against, even as they fight for their lives on the
battlefield each and every day.
You can draw a straight line from the deceitful Leftist tactics used to
bring America’s defeat and dishonor in Vietnam to Iraq today.
America’s military didn’t lose the Vietnam War. Congress declared
defeat, voted to abandon South Vietnam nearly two years after our last
combat troops left. That sell-out, not only of our South Vietnam ally,
but the nearly 60,000 Americans who gave their lives on the battlefield,
ignited a genocidal holocaust throughout Southeast Asia that can still
only be measured in the millions, an estimated three to five million
innocent civilians brutally murdered.
We cannot let that happen again. We will not let that happen. You can
stand shoulder to shoulder with us to prevent that from happening.
Three years ago, I and my fellow POWs and Vietnam combat veterans
created a non-profit organization, ” The Vietnam Veterans Legacy
Foundation”. Our mission was simple, to set the record straight about
the Vietnam War and those who served and fought there. Little did we
know then we’d be slapped with multiple lawsuits for daring to uncover
the layer upon layer of lies that constitute the false Vietnam History.
Nor, could we know then the Left’s plans to use the same Vietnam
blueprint for defeat in Iraq. Little wonder Kerry and his followers
wanted to sue us into silence! But, we prevailed. We successfully
defended against each of those lawsuits, all have now been withdrawn.
And, we will not remain silent any longer.
Our research into the Vietnam War, most especially, those individuals
and organizations responsible for creating the completely false history
of Vietnam, is voluminous, factual and compelling. We have amassed a
virtual library of records, documents and eyewitness testimony that
proves, conclusively, the popular history of Vietnam is pure bunk,
propaganda.
Once we get the truth out to the American people, there will be winners.
Those winners will be every man and woman who has served in our Armed
Forces. To them and their families, this is a war we cannot lose.
The “War On America” is just heating up again. What we do now will
dictate America’s future, whether it is one of victory over terrorism,
or, decades more of defeat, humiliation in a lost, but noble cause.
God Bless You and America,
Col. Bud Day USAF (Ret)