Anybody else get an email about Kerry being "honored" by the

[tekriter]

govt of Vietnam when he made a visit there in 1993?

I did a search in the forums and don't see anything about it...

One of my freeper "buddies" sent me an email about how Kery has his picture hanging in a museum, the picture from a vist in 1993. Of course, Hannity had a guy on his show on May 28th that said this proves how unfit Kerry is, etc.

Anything I can shove back at this freeper? One thing I thought of is that in this 1993 visit there were other congressmen and senators, why aren't we hammering on them?

[LTR]

1. Nothing on Snopes

Tell him to prove it.

Why do his work for you?

Until then, it's fiction. Especially if the source is Hannity.

[shoelace414]

2. You could say

We haven't been at war with vietnam in about 30 years.

are people still upset at Germany? japan?

[sniffa]

3. after running through snopes

and not finding this, i can onLy give it my best shot.

i beLieve it was 93 that kerry and mccain were cited for their work on normaLization of reLations between vietnam and the us. it's possibLe there's a picture of him in some museum over there but if there is, john mccain is in the pic too.

[TheMightyFavog]

4. Wait....

Wasn't Kerry involved in work to bring back the remains of MIAs still in Vietnam at the time?

[displacedtexan]

5. No, but Kerry traveled with John McCain...

when they worked on MIA issues with the Vietnamese govt.

They might have been honored for being nice or something. Both have worked to normalize relations. And neither worked separately on any MIA issue.

Your freeper friend slams McCain every time s/he brings this topic up.

[wtmusic]

6. Here's a link

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38948

[doni_georgia]

7. The truth to this story - read this

Kerry went with a US Presidential delegation to Vietnam including other vets in 1993 to press the issue of POWs/MIAs. The delegation was headed by US Deputy Secretary of Veteran Affairs, Hershal Gober, and included Kerry, Assistant Secretary of State Winston Lord, and Lt. Gen. Michael E. Ryan. (President Clinton's press release here - http://www.aiipowmia.com/wh/wh04.html).

Evidentally, while visiting Vietnam as part of this presidential delegation to find out what happened to the POW/MIAs, Kerry's picture was taken of him talking with members of the Vietnamese Communist Party. This picture is hanging in the Communist Museum in Ho Chi Minh City.

This is a "big" story at News Max, and Cyber News Service, and among some veterans and others who simply will never forgive anyone who was against the war in Vietnam. A Candadian delegation recently visited Vietnam where someone saw this photo and talked to Vietnamese veterans who expressed that Bush was a war monger, but Kerry wasn't since he knew what war was. These Vietnamese hope Kerry wins, because they fear Bush will continue policy of war (see this news story - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040622/VIET22/TPInternational/TopStories)

The fabrication of this story lies in that News Max is reporting "Kerry Honored at Communist Museum." They make it sound like Kerry went to Vietnam to be honored by the communists there. This is patently false. Kerry went as part of a presidential delegation to find out what happened to our POW/MIAs and to work toward normalization of relations with Vietnam (again see Clinton's press release above). The fact that someone took Kerry's picture on this trip and hung it in a museum in Vietnam is quite out of the hands of Kerry. So the Vietnamese think Kerry is a decent person because he opposed the war in Vietnam, but they also respect the fact that he fought as well. Well, ,damn, I feel the same way. This is simply a case of what we have been witnessing since the 1960s - any disagreement with US war in Vietnam must automatically mean you are a communist. Kind of the same thing going on today - anyone who does not support the war in Iraq is "anti-American." Same song and dance all over again. Conservative politics (propaganda) as usual.