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culture.
-Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov-
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-Benjamin Franklin-
Mark Adams is [in no particular order] a Lawyer, Restauranteur, Husband, Father, Grandfather, Landlord, Singer, Guitarist, Political Scientist, Amateur Historian and Rhetorician with no sense of reverence for anything except the freedom to speak one's mind. To visit Mark's Family Law Website
Roy F. "Latch" Hoffman, one of the co-founders of the pro-George W. Bush group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, had publicly criticized Kerry, a former Swift boat commander, for having brought back stories about alleged war crimes by U.S. forces -- often carried out, Kerry said in 1971, "with the full awareness of officers at all levels."
Hoffman himself, the Navy Captain in charge of the entire Swift boat task force in Vietnam, while "hitching a ride up the coast aboard their Swift boat, had ordered the crew to fire on a small group of unarmed Vietnamese fishermen working their nets in unrestricted waters."
The account of one of the crewmen as well as the boat's skipper -- who was punished for upholding the Geneva Convention by refusing Hoffman's order -- is more than interesting reading about the man who heaped high praise on Lt.(jg) Kerry in 1969, but lately has called Kerry a "loose cannon," and chastized Kerry for having "bugged out," after securring his "specious medals."
This guy wasn't angry at Kerry for lumping him in with the likes of Lt Calley and Tiger Force. He had no inclination to act any different. He's upset with Kerry for blowing the whistle on his own actions.
