Wow, a political discussion on the Service academy threads! Who'da thunk it?
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The irony is that John Kerry and many other intrepid American voices spoke out against the nightmare of Vietnam, thus ending the war and mounting loss of American lives. So who is the true patriot, the one who exercises his First Amendment rights and speaks the truth, the POW, or both?
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Please don't equate ANYTHING John Kerry said or did after the war with anything anyway closely resembling "the truth". What John Kerry was "exercising" were not his First Amendment rights, but his disengenuity and blatant disregard for the actual facts. No, Kerry isn't even close to being a "patriot" here.
Feel free to defend his medals, he earned them (I think
). But what coachjohn ignores is what Kerry did upon his return. His despicable, dishonorable Congressional testimony and theatrics to denounce his service. He lost all credibility as a bonafide "war hero" because of those actions. I wonder why the people who yell the loadest about the evils of "swiftboating" tend to ignore the most glaring and biggest issue on Kerry's "war hero" record?
OK, enough for me on these particular forums. I'll gladly take it to the Parent Cafe here on CC. Much better forum for political discussions there.