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Things are getting a little hot in the race for John Kerry’s U.S. Senate seat. Candidate Jeff Beatty is calling on Kerry to match his rhetoric with deeds regarding our troops and veterans.  Beatty points to Kerry’s appearance Monday on the Don Imus radio program where the junior Senator criticized people for using our troops as “props” for photographs.  Beatty says this is more proof of the Senator’s hypocrisy.

“History is repeating itself,” said Jeff Beatty, a former Delta Force officer, “Kerry has a long record of denigrating our armed services and now exploits them for his own political gain. Kerry continues to use our troops to boost his political fortune. Actually, it is Kerry who has exploited and degraded two generations of veterans — including our troops currently serving on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

Kerry served as spokesman before the “Winter Soldier Investigation,” testifying before the Senate foreign relations committee.  During that session, Kerry, recounted the testimonies of alleged atrocities committed by American soldiers:

“They told stories that at times they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan.”

Despite his testimony, no charges were ever filed as there was no evidence to substantiate the allegations.

Kerry exploited unfounded sensational allegations about American service members gaining him  national TV exposure in 1971 during the Vietnam War which helped launch his political career.  Today, the North Vietnamese honor Kerry’s role in their victory in their War Museum.

“Kerry voted to send our troops to war in Iraq, because it served his 2004 Presidential ambition,” acknowledged Beatty.  “Now, despite urging the President to cut and run from Iraq, Kerry continues to use our troops and our veterans for his own political purposes.  He is making the rounds of troops in the field and veteran centers at home posing for photos and using our veterans and troops as ‘props.’  It’s another example of his incredible hypocrisy.”

“In spite of Kerry’s efforts, the hard work of service men and women is prevailing,” says Beatty. “We are now winning in Iraq. Yet Kerry persists in pursuing tactics that weaken our efforts, not strengthen them. Is Kerry going to be honored with another plaque? This time from Bin Laden and Al Qaeda just like he was from the North Vietnamese?  It’s time to replace John Kerry with one of us.”