In John Kerry's 1971 Vietnam Senate speech he criticized Americans for thinking killing by remote control wasn't as bad as killing with ground troops. Why does Kerry remain in Obama's employ since Obama believes in killing via drones?

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April 22, 1971, "LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS RELATING TO THE WAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA," United States Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations, Senator J. W. Fulbright, Chmn. Excerpt from John Kerry testimony:

"Lack of Moral Indignation in United States"

"We veterans can only look with amazement on the fact that this country (the US) has been unable to see there is absolutely no difference between ground troops and a helicopter crew, and yet people have accepted a differentiation fed them by the administration.

No ground troops are in Laos, so it is all right to kill Laotians by remote control. But believe me the helicopter crews fill the same body bags and they wreak the same kind of damage on the Vietnamese and Laotian countryside as anybody else and the President is talking about allowing this to go on for many years to come. One can only ask if we will really be satisfied only when the troops march into Hanoi."...

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Excerpt from Opening Statement by Chmn. Fulbright about Kerry's appearance:

"The committee is continuing this morning its hearings on proposals relating to the ending of the war in Southeast Asia. This morning the committee will hear testimony from Mr. John Kerry and, if he has any associates, we will be glad to hear from them. These are men who have fought in this unfortunate war in Vietnam. I believe they deserve to be heard and listened to by the Congress and by the officials in the executive, branch and by the public generally. You have a perspective that those in the Government who make our Nation's policy do not always have and I am sure that your testimony today will be helpful to the committee in its consideration of the proposals before us.

I would like to add simply on my own account that I regret very much the action of the Supreme Court in denying the veterans the right to use the Mall. [Applause.]

I regret that. It seems to me to be but another instance of an insensitivity of our Government to the tragic effects of this war upon our people. 

I want also to congratulate Mr. Kerry, you, and your associates upon the restraint that you have shown, certainly in the hearing the other day when there were a great many of your people here. I think you conducted yourselves in a most commendable manner throughout this week. Whenever people gather there is always a tendency for some of the more emotional ones to do things which, are even against their own interests. I think you deserve much of the credit because I understand you are one of the leaders of this group."...


This transcript is via wintersoldier.com

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Comment: How the US has changed since 1971. There is zero chance a US soldier returning from Afghanistan today would be given the audience, esteem, and adulation of the entire federal government, placed on national television, to criticize the US president and the American people in countless ways, not just technical aspects of war. All while American soldiers were still on the ground. If you wanted a lifetime career in politics and vast wealth you'd have to think of a different way to get it today.





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