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...regime that sees them as armed bandits. And so-in a summer marked by memories of veterans of the swift-boat campaigns in the Mekong Delta and protests by the Montagnards in Vietnam itself-the Vietnam War, that suppurating sore that never heals, will ooze one more trail of bile and despair...
...victims of the war, few have had such a pitiful history as the Hmong. Recruited, armed and trained by the CIA to conduct a "secret war" in officially neutral Laos, the Hmong fought to contain Vietnamese troop movements along the Ho Chi Minh Trail through central Laos and to rescue downed American flyers involved in a covert bombing campaign. The Hmong campaign was not publicly acknowledged by the U.S. until 1994, when former CIA Director William Colby told Congress of the Hmong's "heroism and sacrifice." Shortly after the Pathet Lao regime took power in 1975-two years after...
...only be described as overwhelming. Yet your Notebook report "Kerry in Combat: Setting the Record Straight" [Aug. 30] allowed baseless accusations to be elevated to charges worthy of serious contemplation. Follow the money that subsidizes the calumnies of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT). The trail leads to well-bankrolled Republican Party operatives doing what they do best: smearing good people and lying to American voters. David Federman Narberth, Pennsylvania, U.S. Unless liberals can prove that president Bush is directly coordinating the activities of SBVT, it's unfair to keep complaining about who is behind the ads. Since Bush...
...G.O.P.'s most popular moderates, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Arizona Senator John McCain. Also present, though far less visibly, were two of Bush's closest advisers, Karen Hughes and Karl Rove, who, having steered the President to victory four years ago, are on the trail full time...
...amazed at the number of people who want to introduce themselves to you in the men's room." JOHN KERRY, Democratic presidential candidate, on Comedy Central, about life on the campaign trail...