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Originally posted by wonderwench
People are criticizing Kerry because upon his return from his four months in Viet Nam he testified before Congress that war crimes were common place among his fellow soldiers. He dishnored the memory and reputations of over 2.5M soliders.
Now, he cries up his Viet Nam service - Kerry is the one who made Viet Nam a campaign issue. His ads and other campaign materials make frequent mention of it. The people he dishonored don't like it.
I can't blame them.
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Why do you care? Did he dishonor you? How are you in any position to comment on whether or not kerry portrayed vietnam as he experienced it accurately? You have no right to claim that anyone was dishonored because you don't know. Are you pretending that this new veteran's group is any less biased than kerry? That they have less of an axe to grind? Certainly atrocities happen, they're just as much a part of war as apple pie and civilian beheadings. Is it that much of a stretch to acknowledge that they actually may have been endorsed by a c.o.? Is that so implausible or are you blinded by conservative talking points to actually consider the possibility?
The republicans made vietnam an issue way back when clinton was up for election. Kerry didn't start it, he just turned the table. If only the newt gingrich republican could have forseen that the next republican administration would be composed almost completely with chicken hawks.