i kind of agree with this fact. i respect the fact that kerry did serve his country, and he IS a war hero. however he does not deserve that title because of his medals, rather, because of the fact that he is a war veteran. he did serve his country, and no one can take away that fact. but the fact that he got 3 purple hearts, for superficial wounds, is not really heroism. i can understand why he would want to get out of vietnam, asap, but its not right that he parades his medals. im not saying he didnt deserve them, but that he shouldnt parade them about like he half died to get them. shooting a fleeing sniper in the back (bronze or silver), i dont personally think he deserved a medal for that, but im not prepared to go against the miltary's reasoning on that, there are probably circumstances in that nobody but kerry knows. but if he got it because "he prevented the sniper from killing americans" which i have heard said before, then every vietnam veteran who ever killed a north vietnamese/vietcong soldier deserved a (bronze/silver), and as for the one in which he pulled a guy out of the water, now that i have read specifics about this, he does deserve this one. they were under fire, and instead of ordering the swift boat to ignore him, he had it turned around, and grabed him out of the water himself, while still under fire. i can definitely see why he deserved this medal. but like i said, the others are nothing to parade about, and the whole "im a vietnam veteran so i should be president" thing is illegit.
and like you said, i agree that war service should not matter. and i think its sick when politics has degraded to the point of smear campaigns, and this goes for both sides.
and kerry still insists bush cannot prove he showed up for guard duty, which he already released his records showing he was not awol'd. now kerry needs to do likewise, and either admit to the allegations of the republicans, or prove them wrong. he needs to release his war records, either to put to rest controversy which may be false, or, apologize to the american people for lying about his vietname service. personally, i think its quite suspicious that kerry is so reluctant to release his war records.
and as far as trust, i wouldnt begin to trust ANY politician to tell the entire truth. thats absolutely ridiculous.
and this illiterate, inbred bs is old and needs to stop. he can obviously do all three, or he wouldnt have gotten an MBA from harvard. you are doing the exact same thing you accuse republicans of, making false, unfounded accusations. and because someone speaks with an accent does not make them unable to speak. im sure someone from the east coast would think midwesterners speak with an accent, and they speak normally, and vice versa.
also the fact that bush "stole" the election is bs. the democrats were actively trying to keep him from gaining office, and finally the supreme court put a stop to it. if you remember, it was the democrats who were trying to throw out military votes, which were primarily for bush. two counties in wisconsin (i think it was wisconsin) turned in more democratic votes then there were registered voters.
nobody "stole" the election. in fact, a total recount of all votes in florida, acording to some, would have ended up with a stronger pro-bush vote. however, i do agree that obviously it was an extremely close election, and that the popular vote favored gore. but thats the reason we have an electoral collage, to make sure that your opinion DOESNT count. dont get me wrong, i wouldnt rather have gore, but i dont necisarily agree with the electoral collage either
of course i can understand this, this is politics. |
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