Edited sentence: All of this is contrary to the laws of warfare, all of this is contrary to the Geneva Conventions...".He was quoted as saying: "There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones.I conducted harassment and interdiction fire... I took part in search and destroy missions, in the burning of villages.John Kerry admitted to committing war crimes in Vietnam on NBC's Meet the Press in 1971