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Date published: September 15, 2004 |
Citizens for Honest Fighter Pilots Open Letter to Media
by Evelyn Pringle
(Email: epringle05@yahoo.com)
RE: Suppression of War Time President's Lies
Why isn't the media devoting the same amount of air time to coverage of allegations about Bush's military service in the National Guard, as was given to the allegations about Kerry's service in Vietnam from the Swift Boat Vets?
The answer cannot be that documents released by CBS might be forgeries because it doesn't matter if they are forgeries or not, documents contained in Bush's military records clearly show that he did not meet his military obligations in the National Guard.
The media claimed that the Swift Boat Vets allegations were relevant because Kerry spoke about serving in Vietnam while campaigning.
Bush called himself a war time president, put on a uniform to make a show of landing on an air force carrier to boost his image (on the tax payer's dime.") And yesterday he told members of the National Guard about how proud he was of his service in the Guard.
Bush has made his service record part of this campaign.
The military records on Bush show that he got in the national guard, by jumping ahead of 1000s of other men on waiting lists in the country. Tax dollars were wasted on training him to be a fighter pilot, after which he failed to show up for a physical, was suspended from flying, and never served his country in the capacity of a pilot again.
He then went missing for the better part of year, causing his commanding officers to report that they could not complete a yearly evaluation for Bush because no one knew where he was.
Bush's military service, or lack there of, is relevant. In fact, more so than Kerry's ever should have ever been. He made the most serious decision a president can make by going to war and putting our soldiers in harms way. This makes his military conduct and experience relevant.
Every time the media checked allegations made against Kerry with the official Navy records, the records backed Kerry's version of events, as did every person who actually did served beside Kerry in Vietnam, in the 3 battles that lead to him being awarded his medals.
Every time Bush says something said about him isn't true, the official guard records prove Bush's version is false. And not one single guardsmen that would have served with Bush in Alabama has come forward to vouch for his attendance at drills during the 5 months he swears he attended drills there.
The media has so far given Bush a pass while granting the Swift Vets a month of free airtime to slaughter the military reputations of not only Kerry, but everyone who bravely served with him in that hell-hole, Vietnam. This is disgraceful.
In my opinion the media has reached a new low by not forcing Bush to explain his actions, when one of the most important issues in this campaign is who can better lead our country and provide direction to our young soldiers in Iraq.
The undisputed facts are that Kerry served in combat, and has experience as a commander in combat. Servicemen who served under him have come forth to say Kerry made decisions that saved their lives.
The official military records document the facts that I've outlined above on both candidates. Yet, you allowed people who didn't even serve with Kerry to go on TV for a month calling him (and presumably his crew members) a coward and a liar, and now you let Bush portray himself as a gallant war time leader on the basis of his own sing-song one line statements that he fulfilled his duties in the guard, otherwise he wouldn't have been honorably discharged.
Or based on statements where he says he knows about his commander Turnseed saying he was never in Alabama, but that Turnseed wrong because Bush remembers being there.
Why was it so important for the public to know whether a sitting president lied about a private sexual encounter, when now its not important for the public to know if a sitting president publicly lied about his military service record (over and over and over again), every time he ran for office, and is still lying about it to this very day?
Bush took us into a senseless war based on lies in which the only people who are benefiting are defense and reconstruction contractors. More and more of our young people are dying each day and there is no end in sight. Yesterday Bush said he needed close to another $4 billion in military funding. There's no end in sight to the drain on our financial resources either.
It's more than obvious that Bush does not know what he's doing in Iraq, and yet the media allows him to paint himself as having a more honorable service record then Kerry, leading people to think that he is more qualified to manage the war in Iraq.
There is something very wrong with this picture.
How many young people will have to die in vain over the next 4 years before the media will be forced to look at its part in helping Bush win this election?
By Evelyn Pringle e.pringle@sbcglobal.net
Founder of Citizens for Honest Fighter Pilots Miamisburg, OH 45342
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