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By: BeldarBlog: Was Kerry's original discharge less than honorable?

BeldarBlog: Was Kerry's original discharge less than honorable? — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:46:29 +0000

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By: Jerry

Jerry — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 18:58:52 +0000

Sometimes I wonder what right the military has to ruin people’s lives over things like cowardice. If I screw up on the job, I get fired…. I don’t get a record for it. The military screws people out of a normal life for screwing up and thats a shame.

Terrorists are cutting people’s heads off on television and we dishonorably discharge soldiers for forcing them to pose naked….. thats just stupid.

Give these discharges to people who strike or assault ANYONE (officers are not gods), or those who lied at MEPS for physicals or drug use, and those using drugs in the service. Other than that, send them home without trashing their lives.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 18:53:24 +0000

I for one refuse to vote democrat after the embarrassing lineup the party keeps throwing at us for elections. I am sure he received a discharge ‘other than honorable’ and for that deserves to be thrown out of politics forever.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:11:33 +0000

Peggy Kerry is a co-chair of the New York Democratic Campaign, she's worked for the ACLU, the NYCLU, Planned Parenthood, and the US State Department's United Nations mission. Her job with the State Department involves "maintaining contacts with U.N. nongovernmental organizations," whatever that means. As a career UN employee, she's been reprimanded for campaigning during working hours. She was still working at the U.N. on Friday and actively campaigning for John Kerry in New Mexico.

By: Don Ocean

Don Ocean — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 12:32:04 +0000

What happened to Kerry’s sister that was Bush’s Representative
at the UN. She slammed Bush’s policies while at the UN in July. Did she get fired or not?

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:58:09 +0000

Fascintating, Beldar. You’ve done excellent research into this. You and I are in agreement that this is all hypothesis, suggestion. What’s released so far suggests highly that Kerry’s discharge was unusual at a minimum; not surprising given Kerry’s anti-war activities at the time.

Kerry could answer this in a heartbeat just by signing the Standard Form 180 so we can see everything, not just what Kerry posts on his website.

By: Beldar

Beldar — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:45:02 +0000

My take on the Lipscomb article, trackbacked to this post, includes quotes from and links to the relevant statutes (which are otherwise somewhat hard to locate because they were superseded in a 1994 reorganization of Title 10 of the U.S. Code).

By: BeldarBlog

BeldarBlog — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:44:06 +0000

Was Kerry’s original discharge less than honorable?
In a front-page article in today’s New York Sun, reporter Thomas Lipscomb asserts that in all probability, Sen. John F. Kerry originally received a less-than-honorable discharge from the United States Naval Reserve