9 out of 10 of Kerry's swift mates say he's a hero

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Am I the only one who's tired of this Vietnam crap, from both sides?

no

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

So apparentely MODU thinks no one should've ever said anything wrong about Vietnam and just let that travesty continue instead of like Kerry try to bring an end to the war and bring them home.

I'm sure plenty of people here who know people in Iraq have no problems with anti-Iraq war protestors.

If Vietnam was wrong, protesting it was right.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I don't see the difference between protesting and "debating", Kerry was just saying the war was wrong and needed to be ended. And I don't see how he endangered anyone. I think soldiers overseas have far bigger threats to them than some protestors in America.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

show me a presidential candidate who never changed positions.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

the point about Kerry is that he didn't have to go. He was born wealthy and could've easily used his privilege to dodge the draft, but he wasn't even drafted, he VOLUNTEERED, and volunteered for combat duty anyway. That shows he wasn't just some selfish rich guy who would use his privilege to his advantage throughout life, I trust him to more sympathetic to non-rich than Bush.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Coming home and throwing your fellow soldiers under the bus by calling them "war criminals" is disgusting. Attacks on his VVAW record should continue and deepen. It points to a pattern of softness on defense.

so what was My Lai if it wasn't a war crime?