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A number of Vietnam veterans who had served on Swift Boats formed a 527 organization called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth with the intent of discrediting his military record and attacking his subsequent antiwar activities as a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War

There doesn't appear to be any evidence that veterans formed this group. The group was formed by Republican operatives with money from pro-Bush Republicans. Viriditas (talk) 23:27, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Fox News Radio host John Gibson published the 2009 book How the Left Swiftboated America, where he defines swiftboating as "the political trick of claiming to expose truth while in fact lying". Great example of fringe disinformation that does not belong anywhere on Wikipedia. Viriditas (talk) 00:04, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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