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=Kerry's 1971 Senate Testimony=

=Kerry's 1971 Senate Testimony=

[[John Kerry]] had met with the [[North Vietnam]]ese (in Paris) before testifying as a beribboned veteran before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971. That [http://www.c-span.org/2004vote/jkerrytestimony.asp testimony] corresponded very closely with the North Vietnamese talking points, and was of course damaging to the war effort. It portrayed the war in Vietnam as unwinnable, with America as the aggressor against a popular uprising. It accused American soldiers of routinely engaging in atrocities (which was actually the policy of the Viet Cong). It portrayed veterans as both vicious killers and hapless mentally ill victims - a characterization which has yet to leave the public consciousness.  

John Kerry had met with the [[North Vietnam]]ese (in Paris) before testifying as a beribboned veteran before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971. That [http://www.c-span.org/2004vote/jkerrytestimony.asp testimony] corresponded very closely with the North Vietnamese talking points, and was of course damaging to the war effort. It portrayed the war in Vietnam as unwinnable, with America as the aggressor against a popular uprising. It accused American soldiers of routinely engaging in atrocities (which was actually the policy of the Viet Cong). It portrayed veterans as both vicious killers and hapless mentally ill victims - a characterization which has yet to leave the public consciousness.  

A conservative critique of that testimony can be found [http://www.tinyvital.com/blog/2004/04/16/kerry-to-the-senate-1971-fisked/ here].

A conservative critique of that testimony can be found [http://www.tinyvital.com/blog/2004/04/16/kerry-to-the-senate-1971-fisked/ here].