Bob Somerby gives William Raspberry the Bronx Cheer, and reveals some more info on the Swift Boat Vets. Apparently, Roy Hoffman, the alleged instigator of the SBVs, was recently trashed in Doug Brinkley’s book Tour of Duty. Hoffman was portrayed as a reckless captain, thirsty for glory, willing to play God with his men’s lives. When John Kerry came back to the States and testified against the excesses of the Vietnam War, Hoffman is one of the people he was talking about.

Will somebody, for the love of all that’s holy, please explain to me why I haven’t heard any of this before? Why have the SBVs’ stories been swallowed wholecloth? Aren’t Hoffman’s claims immediately suspicious to anyone who knows that he was singled out in such a way?

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