"Do not buy John E. O'Neill's tract book 'Unfit for Command : Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry', which is partisan propaganda, nothing more. O'Neill joined the Navy's Coastal Division 11 two months after senator left Vietnam. He has no idea what Kerry did in combat. He is a Republican hatchet-man. (He now is part of the Houston old-boy oil/energy corrupt complex, that includes lawyers for Enron, Bush's general counsel Alberto Gonzales who drafted the pro-torture memos of January 2002, Margaret Wilson before Gonzales, etc.) He repeats gossip and partisan attacks. Nixon recruited him back in 1971 to attack John Kerry, who Nixon feared for his anti-war leadership. Nixon's counsel, Chuck Colson, said: "We found a vet named John O'Neill and formed a group called Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace. We had O'Neill meet the President, and we did everything we could do to boost his group." O'Neill hasn't stopped attacking Kerry yet. But he did not know Kerry in Vietnam." (>>)

By  Ian Dunn, at 7/31/2004 10:36:00 AM      

On an unrelated note, forcing links to open in new windows is really freaking anoying. If I want to open it in a new window, I'll tell it to. :-p

By  Ian Dunn, at 7/31/2004 10:38:00 AM      

Ah, deal with it. :)

By  ZaijiaN, at 8/01/2004 10:27:00 PM      

Besides, would the fact that O'Neill didn't work directly with Kerry have any bearing on the veracity of those who did work with Kerry directly? So what if he never personally bumped into Kerry, as long as what he reports is true?

By  ZaijiaN, at 8/01/2004 10:28:00 PM