'Kerry lied while good men died'
Vietnam Vets for Truth plan D.C. rally to combat candidate's claims

Posted: May 18, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern

2004 WorldNetDaily.com

Using the battle cry "Kerry lied while good men died," the organization Vietnam
Vets for Truth is planning a September rally in the nation's capital to combat
what it considers untruths the Democratic presidential candidate has spread
about those who fought in the Vietnam War.

The new organization will host what they expect to be a "giant rally" of
veterans and their families at the west side of the Capitol on Sept. 12. In a
statement announcing the event, organizers said those who assume Vietnam vets
are behind Kerry's candidacy are "dead wrong."

Terry Garlock of Peachtree City, Ga., and Larry Bailey of Alexandria, Va, lead
the organization, Garlock as CEO and Bailey as president.

Garlock, an Army Cobra helicopter pilot in Vietnam, proposed the idea, and
Bailey, one of the first to sign up for the effort, is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL
captain with service in Vietnam.

"More than any other person, John Kerry is responsible for the false image of
Vietnam veterans as dysfunctional misfits," Bailey said in a statement. "Kerry
betrayed all of us when he returned from Vietnam.

"A lot of good people opposed the war, but some, like John Kerry, went too far.
He joined the radical left wing of the anti-war movement and shared the
microphone with Jane Fonda and other radicals. He promoted himself by telling
unforgivable lies about Vietnam servicemen and women, and he did this under
oath."

Kerry testified before U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee 1971, making
horrific claims about alleged atrocities committed by American service members.


What about Kerry's claim he helped end the war?

Responded Bailey: "What unmitigated chutzpah! The truth is that the actions he
took gave aid and comfort to those who were killing America's sons and
daughters. He encouraged our enemies to rebuild and hang on when they were near
defeat, as they were after the Tet Offensive in 1968. Did you know our POWs had
John Kerry's words quoted to them by their interrogators?"

Bailey says Kerry helped to spread a "negative stereotype" of Vietnam veterans
that was exploited in movies and on TV.

"The truth long ago was that we fought with honor and courage, and we won every
significant battle," Bailey said. "The truth now is that we are doctors,
lawyers, factory workers, nurses, small-business owners, corporate executives,
carpenters and pretty much your neighbor or your friend at church, and very
patriotic. We are not and never have been the crazed killers we have been
portrayed to be for so many years in movies and on TV, in part, because of
Kerry's lies."

Bailey says the event is not partisan and that all Vietnam vets are welcome:
"We just want the country to know that America's sons and daughters served
honorably and well in Vietnam, and the bad things John Kerry said about them
have never been true."

As WorldNetDaily reported, earlier this month a group of Kerry's colleagues
from the war gathered to denounce his fitness for the land's highest office,
saying that during the war he was a "loose cannon." The group represented the
organization Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

"The Swift Boat guys are challenging Kerry's fitness for office based on his
lies and his Vietnam service," commented Garlock, "and they are qualified to do
that since they served with him. Our new VVT organization is not challenging
Kerry's Vietnam service. We are going to tell the good news stories about
Vietnam vets at our rally and how America should have welcomed them home with
pride and gratitude. We will contrast that truth with the lies told about them
by John Kerry."

In an open letter to Kerry, the new group tells the candidate: "You should have
been our brother, Sen. Kerry, but when you returned from Vietnam you betrayed
us. America does not yet understand the depth of that betrayal. We believe that
before voters in this country have the opportunity to elect you to the office
of commander in chief, they deserve to know the truth, and they deserve to hear
some answers from you."

The letter poses 16 specific questions to Kerry that challenge him to explain
the statements he has made about those who fought for the U.S. in Vietnam.

'Kerry lied while good men died'
Vietnam Vets for Truth plan D.C. rally to combat candidate's claims

Posted: May 18, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern

2004 WorldNetDaily.com

Using the battle cry "Kerry lied while good men died," the organization Vietnam
Vets for Truth is planning a September rally in the nation's capital to combat
what it considers untruths the Democratic presidential candidate has spread
about those who fought in the Vietnam War.

The new organization will host what they expect to be a "giant rally" of
veterans and their families at the west side of the Capitol on Sept. 12. In a
statement announcing the event, organizers said those who assume Vietnam vets
are behind Kerry's candidacy are "dead wrong."

Terry Garlock of Peachtree City, Ga., and Larry Bailey of Alexandria, Va, lead
the organization, Garlock as CEO and Bailey as president.

Garlock, an Army Cobra helicopter pilot in Vietnam, proposed the idea, and
Bailey, one of the first to sign up for the effort, is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL
captain with service in Vietnam.

"More than any other person, John Kerry is responsible for the false image of
Vietnam veterans as dysfunctional misfits," Bailey said in a statement. "Kerry
betrayed all of us when he returned from Vietnam.

"A lot of good people opposed the war, but some, like John Kerry, went too far.
He joined the radical left wing of the anti-war movement and shared the
microphone with Jane Fonda and other radicals. He promoted himself by telling
unforgivable lies about Vietnam servicemen and women, and he did this under
oath."

Kerry testified before U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee 1971, making
horrific claims about alleged atrocities committed by American service members.