[CTRL] Letter to John Kerry

2004-02-26 Thread Ed Raymond
-Caveat Lector- An open letter to "The Senator from Massachusetts" The old hurts are surfacing and the feelings of betrayal by fellow citizens, and their leader stirring them up, are breaking my heart again. I am being cut in the same scar. How did we who served in Vietnam suddenly become

[CTRL] Israeli Troops Raid Banks in Ramallah

2004-02-26 Thread Prudy L
-Caveat Lector- It's a whole new way of thinking.  But why not?  "Take what you want."   Wasn't that the motto of Alistair Crowley's Satan worshippers or somebody?   The Associated Press article that follows was in my morning paper this very day:   RAMALLAH, West Bank--Israeli forces burst into P

Re: [CTRL] Letter to John Kerry

2004-02-26 Thread Prudy L
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 2/26/2004 6:50:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After spending only four months in  the country of Vietnam, John Kerry testified before  Congress in 1971 with these exact words about  incidents he supposedly witnessed or heard about  from

Re: [CTRL] Letter to John Kerry

2004-02-26 Thread flw2
-Caveat Lector- Of course some GI's committed crimes (murder, rape, mutilation) during the V.N. War. Soldiers commit these acts in ALL wars. Such is the human condition and why war is bad and should be avoided. The V.N. War was wrong and stupid. It was one more phase of the Vietnamese war of Inde

Re: [CTRL] Letter to John Kerry

2004-02-26 Thread Joy Williams
-Caveat Lector- To this Green Beret: John Wayne was a very BAD actor as well as an idiot. The only people who love him are gung-ho military types who think it's "cool" or "macho" to have a gun or to be a cowboy. (and call THIS patriotism -- or even worse -- acting). Sorry, that's not patriotic

Re: [CTRL] Letter to John Kerry

2004-02-26 Thread flw2
-Caveat Lector- > John Wayne was a very BAD actor as well as an idiot. John Wayne was a WW II draft dodger who was especially hated by Marines for his role in the "Iwo Jima" movie. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing

[CTRL] Your Government is Slowly Choking You to Death - Need oxygen? Sorry, you'll have

2004-02-26 Thread William Shannon
-Caveat Lector- http://joevialls.altermedia.info/oxygen.html Your Government is Slowly Choking You to Death Need oxygen? Sorry, you'll have to get a prescription from a medical doctor   Copyright Joe Vialls, edited & republished 26 February 2004 During the early sixties, scientists at the Inst

Re: [CTRL] Letter to John Kerry

2004-02-26 Thread Joy Williams
-Caveat Lector- wow... Even more reason to not like him :) At 01:58 PM 2/26/2004 -0500, you wrote: -Caveat Lector- > John Wayne was a very BAD actor as well as an idiot. John Wayne was a WW II draft dodger who was especially hated by Marines for his role in the "Iwo Jima" movie. www.ctrl.org DE

Re: [CTRL] Letter to John Kerry

2004-02-26 Thread Joy Williams
-Caveat Lector- At 08:53 AM 2/26/2004 -0500, you wrote: Johnson sent the regular Army into V.N. for one reason only, to cover his ass politically because he desperately feared being accused by the Republicans for 'losing' Indo-China. Johnson's own records show he was told in 1964 V.N. was unwinnab

Re: [CTRL] Letter to John Kerry

2004-02-26 Thread Dennis L Hitzeman
-Caveat Lector- As a current veteran and member of the armed forces, I must at least comment on the two comments below. First, I served in the Southwest Asia Theater during the enforcement period and the recent combat operations. The war in Iraq was nothing- I repeat nothing- like Vietnam. The cu

[CTRL] DID website, military abuse, military human experiments

2004-02-26 Thread Smart News
-Caveat Lector- scroll for news articles Multiplicity, Abuse & Healing Network - DID & Healing On Site Articles http://www.m-a-h.net/library/did-heal/index.htm Rapes Reported by Servicewomen in the Persian Gulf and Elsewhere By Eric Schmitt 2/26/04 Washington 2/25/04 "The United States mil

Re: [CTRL] Letter to John Kerry

2004-02-26 Thread flw2
-Caveat Lector- > Whatever the political reasons may have been for the war in Iraq, > ultimately, it was the right thing to do. Now we have a much better > chance at an endgame than we ever did enforcing international policies > that were never designed to succeed. Do not forget that enforcing tho

Re: [CTRL] Letter to John Kerry

2004-02-26 Thread Eric Hoffsten
-Caveat Lector- >Whatever the political reasons may have been for the war in Iraq, >ultimately, it was the right thing to do. Now we have a much better >chance at an endgame than we ever did enforcing international policies >that were never designed to succeed. Do not forget that enforcing those >

[CTRL] 9/11 panelist may quit over Bush secrecy

2004-02-26 Thread William Shannon
-Caveat Lector- http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/story/168092p-146920c.html 9/11 panelist may quit over Bush secrecy WASHINGTON - Frustrated by Bush administration restrictions, a former senator said yesterday he might quit the special commission investigating the Sept. 11 terror atta

[CTRL] Rice refuses panel's request to testify publicly about 9/11

2004-02-26 Thread William Shannon
-Caveat Lector- http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2420656 Feb. 25, 2004, 10:51PM Rice refuses panel's request to testify publicly about 9/11 By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The federal commission reviewing the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks expressed disappointment Wednesda