Cliff Stearns: “30 years ago a Vietnam veteran went to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and he delivered a stinging indictment…”

“30 years ago a Vietnam veteran went to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and he delivered a stinging indictment of our American troops, all of the American troops serving in Vietnam. He stated that murders and other crimes were ``not isolated instances, but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command.'' That individual who alleged that our military openly and systematically violated the Geneva Conventions more than any other body is now running for President, and that is Senator Kerry. Many of these charges rose from the Winter Soldier Investigation, where activists gathered to describe these war crimes. It was later learned that many of those who confessed these war crimes never served near a battlefield. It was a fraud. Senator Kerry disparaged the honorable service of all the countless veterans who served in Vietnam with these charges, and he should apologize for what he said against his fellow veterans.”