Stolen Honor

I just finished watching ”Stolen Honor.”

I don’t even know what to say, so this post may seem to ramble.  I am emotionally torn up at this moment.  I feel hatred, fear, sorrow, but I also feel a tremendous sense of pride in the men and women featured in this story.  I feel pride in the men and women fighting in Iraq.  I feel pride for the men and women, one of whom we all know right here at MOOREWATCH, for serving in war or peace.

I am not responsible for the horrible things John Kerry has done to veterans in this country, but I feel absolutely compelled to say this anyway: I am so sorry.  I am sorry for what you had to endure.  I am sorry for those of you who were captured and tortured.  I am sorry for those of you who lost a friend in Vietnam.  I am sorry for the families that lose soldiers in Vietnam.  But most of all I am sorry that my parents and their generation did not support you when you came home.  I will forever feel shame for that, and I wasn’t even born when most of it happened.

I realize those words don’t mean much, but I feel compelled to say them anyway.  I am sorry.

And now I move on to why this is a MOOREWATCH post.  Right now, Michael Moore is trying the same filthy, dirty tricks on Iraqi veterans than Kerry pulled on Vietnam vets.  No wonder these two despicable excuses for men like each other so much.  They think alike.  Abuse the public’s notion of a war time soldier for fun and profit.

I beg you, do not fall for Moore’s portrayal of the American soldier.  Do you homework.  If you can read this, you have a computer and access to the Internet.  Open Google and type the word ”milblogs." Start reading the words of the men and women themselves, not someone’s twisted representation or outright fraudulent version of the truth.

If you consider yourself a fair and honest person, a good and decent person, and you plan to vote for John Kerry, I am begging you to do two things.  First, Get yourself a copy of Stolen Honor and watch it.  Twice.  It’s short, just 42 minutes long.

Secondly, please consider voting for anyone else.  It doesn’t have to be Bush.  Write in John McCain’s name.  Write in Howard Dean.  Mickey Mouse.  Hell, vote for Badnarik.  Just don’t vote for Kerry.  I’m begging you not to validate the horrible things that man has done in the name of furthering his own personal gain.  Don’t make it OK to rob an entire generation of their place in history, don’t validate the creation of horror myths that plague these men to this day.  Don’t make it OK for John Kerry to have lied repeatedly and for 35 years about what went on in Vietnam.  Don’t make it alright for Kerry to have made the incarceration of P.O.W.s longer, more painful and in some cases, permanent.

Don’t reward that man for his traitorous behavior.  If you consider yourself an honorable person, please get a copy of Stolen Honor and watch it with an open heart.

If you can still pull the lever for Kerry after seeing it...well, then I can’t reach you, and I’m sorry for that.

But most of all, I’m sorry for the men and women for whom this nightmare is reborn.  The people whose lives John Kerry made a living hell in 1971, and the men and women for whom Michael Moore is trying to do the same in 2004.

I am sorry, and I thank you all for your service.

Posted by JimK at 01:05 AM on October 20, 2004
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