--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 7/3/05 5:42:02 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > If it doesn't, it's a testament to their own > pettiness. As I pointed out in my previous post, > any "scratch" received on a mission indicates the > soldier was exposed to extreme danger, and that if > he escaped with only a minor wound, he was just > lucky. > > Nobody--*nobody*--disagrees that Swift Boat duty > was as dangerous as it gets. > > I can't begin to express my contempt for anyone > who doesn't respect that obvious fact. > > Especially when the lack of respect is politically > motivated. > > > > Jstein, anybody that served in a combat zone was doing their duty to their > country nothing more nothing less, which in and of it's self is admirable. The > bumps and scratches aches and pains come with the territory and are not > indicative of any great sacrifice. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers through out > our history suffered far more than John Kerry with little more than a pat > on their back and a thank you, no ribbons no medals.
Since World War I, if they were wounded, they got a Purple Heart. I note that you failed to address my point. It wasn't me that > politicized Kerry's military record , it was he! He claimed to be the war hero. I doubt you could find him quoted as saying he was a war hero. But *of course* he made a lot of his military service. In the context of the war on terror, it was an essential qualification. (And of course that's why the Republicans were thrilled with the Swift Vets, because they were attacking one of Kerry's biggest advantages over Bush.) I > didn't put that title on him. He did! And he did it for political gain! And > I'm sorry how you feel, but as I said ,when you're running for the highest > office in the land and you make such claims, get ready. Democrats didn't try to smear Bob Dole when he was running on *his* military service record. John Kerry, the night he > accepted his nomination came out on stage and saluted and said "I'm John > Kerry and I'm reporting for duty". John Kerry put on the show about being a > military hero. He politicized it for Political gain. So did Dole. In fact, you'll find very few politicians who have served in the military, especally in combat, who don't emphasize it when they run for office. Had he not offended tens of > thousands of Viet Nam Vets with his actions after he left the war, nobody > would have said anything about his medals or his military career. Exactly. That's why they concocted the smear campaign, to get back at him for opposing the war in Vietnam after he left the service. It was never about his military record. Too many voters were either too young to know much about Vietnam or who agreed with Kerry to make that the major case against him, so they dreamed up a pack of lies about his service. He could have > gotten away buying medals. Kerry wanted people to,look to his past , but > only a small particular part of his past, 4 months spent on a swift boat. He > didn't want people to look at his past after those 4 months. He's proud of his anti-Vietnam War activities. The knife he stuck > in the back of everybody else that served there Whoops. You got that *entirely* wrong. If you read his Senate testimony, you'll find he was sticking the knife in the back of the U.S. government to stop *it* from sticking a knife in the back of the American troops who were dying in Vietnam. Kerry was *always* on the side of the soldiers, *always*. That's why he was against the war. his association with the > Vietnam Veterans against the war, his cutting the military budget every time he > had a chance to along with intelligence spending This is not true either. See: http://factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=147 showed Kerry was no friend > of the military and vets remembered what he did. *Some* vets seriously misinterpreted what he did. Others were behind him all the way. And the Swift Vets and their minions have lied about it. Kerry was no friend of the military-industrial complex; he was the best friend the troops ever had. Serving your country when it > calls you is a noble and admirable thing and anybody that does it deserves a > measure of respect. But should anybody try to capitalize on that service in > the realm of politics they better be squeaky clean. Kerry *was* squeaky-clean. It's the Swift Vets and their supporters who have covered themselves with filth. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
