ddoubleez

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Winter Soldier Part 3:

"This time it is NOT personal"













The first winter soldier was during the vietnam war........ History repeating itself, the only difference is that now americans are too lazy and to sheltered to stop this war.......

Juan.©amaney

For those that have youtube blocked at work, this conversation won't really go anywhere. Please describe what is being said on the videos, else this topic is worthless.

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ddoubleez

As I mentioned this winter soldier was modeled after the original winter soldier investigations that was to show that American policies in Vietnam had led to war crimes.



Verification of participants' credibility

The organizers of the Winter Soldier Investigation took several steps to guarantee the validity of the participants.

Each veteran's authenticity was checked before the hearings by the investigation event organizers, and subsequently by reporters and Pentagon officials. In addition, they also gave specific details about their units and the locations where the events had occurred. Those who wanted to testify were carefully screened by the officers of VVAW, and care was taken to verify the service records and testimony of the veterans. After the severe criticism of the accuracy of Mark Lane's book about atrocities a month before the event, the organizers of the Winter Soldier Investigation made the credibility of the participants a top priority. All veterans participating in Winter Soldier were required to bring their discharge papers (DD-214's) and IDs.

In this connection, the identifying military affiliation of each veteran testifying, including in almost all cases, the dates of service, appears on the roster for each panel that was included with the testimony in the Congressional Record

As noted in VVAW records, each veteran's authenticity and testimony were checked after the hearings by Nixon's "plumbers." Charles Colson was assigned the task. In a confidential "Plan to Counteract Viet Nam Veterans Against the War," Colson wrote, "The men that participated in the pseudo-atrocity hearings in Detroit will be checked to ascertain if they are genuine combat veterans." At one point, the Nixon team suggested in a memo about VVAW, "Several of their regional coordinators are former Kennedy supporters." VVAW was also targeted by the FBI for observation as a possible dissident organization.

Although military documentation was provided, some media organizations such as the Detroit News made further inquiries into the hearings by questioning the authenticity of the testifying veterans. Discharge papers were examined; military records were checked against the Pentagon records; after all their digging, not one fraudulent veteran was found.

The modern winter soldier was planned for the 5th aniversity of the Iraq war, in hopes that the same model could help stop the agression and exportation of our military into an illegal war with a fabricated enemy in a hostile enviroment........

If we are truely intrested in supporting the troops we need to remove them from an enviroment that will destroy their lives and families..

The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are in the news everyday, as are reports of their effect on the mental health of the men and women serving there. A majority of service members in Iraq and Afghanistan have encountered traumatic experiences and high rates of PTSD and other difficulties have been found.

Juan.©amaney

thanks

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one_oh_one

interesting

FattyJJ

What makes me angry is how the candidates and head honchos are so adamant about supporting our troops and veterans, and how compassionate they sound about them. But yet they ignore these heroe's speaking out about the true nature of what is going on over there.

If that doesn't piss you off you've got a serious stick up your ass.