I'm less concerned with his short military career than I am with his anti-war protesting days. By the sound of it, most of you either were born after the VN war, or are too young to remember Kerry back then. For us who who remember, your view on this issue would be much different, if not at least less-dismissive of the topic. He and his friends made life hell for those fighting. And for us, who either were there, or had friends/family there, he was no better than the VC themselves. So please, don't even try to dismiss this as "right wing" attacks. He brought it upon himself the day he signed up with the VVAW.
MODU I'm not toooooo young to remember. But what your saying now, his post Vietnam actions, is a far cry from the "he didn't earn his medals" rhetoric we are now seeing creep out of the Right.
Your right, his post Vietnam actions with the VVAW should not be a Left/Right issue. Yet again the Right will paint it that way. Not surprisingly I do however disagree with you on his actions. That war had gone on far too long and I thank Kerry and others for trying to bring this counry to its sences. I for one look at his actions and others as "how many lives did he help save by pressuring this government to end the war". A debatable point to be sure.
But again, those actions he took should in no way detract from his service. The Right would be well counciled to look to those that are leading the Republican campaign (ie Gillespie/Roscot) and follow their example and say "we thank him for his service" and move on.
I for one am PERFECTLY WILLING to say of both men that they served our country as they saw fit and move the hell on to the issues of 2004. But don't discredit a vet's service simply because he is your political opponent......
