I think that most reasonable people will agree that protest against and actions to stop the war in Vietnam were justified and have easily withstood the test of history. It is terrible that POWs were mistreated and that the actions of Americans opposing the war were repeated to them but that in no way invalidates the legitimacy of protest against that horrible conflict. Directly blaming Kerry for the death of POWs is irresponsible, inflammatory and ridiculous. Anyone who believes that is either viciously partisan or a little unhinged. Probably both.
One could easily argue that ignoring the horrors of Vietnam would have amounted to "depraved indifference" to the plight of all of our soldiers there.
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