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Originally posted by jdm61
Hmmmmm......If Jane Fonda now sees the folly of her ways and is teribly sorry for all of the pain she caused the POW's in Vietnam, why haven't Kerry and others who were there with her done the same? Or denouced her from vacillating from her righteous postion? Some of Kerry's own men called his war record into question, but that is neither here nor there. What WAS called into question by many people was what he did for personal political gain when he got home. In old school Army terms, he is known as a "buddy f*cker"
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I think you're confused, which is excusable based on the disinformation *****storm from the Republicans.
Kerry testified to statements made by soldiers. He did not broad brush all who served in Vietnam.
None of "Kerry's own men" called his war record into question. There were some people who served on his boat
after he was no longer there who made statements, but they did not serve under him.
People who had glowing praise for Kerry during his Vietnam service later trashed him because of his testimony about atrocities committed in Vietnam. A typical case of wanting to kill the messenger.
When Kerry went back to Vietnam to investigate reports of POWs still in captivity, he was criticized by some of the people profiteering on the rumors of surviving POWs.
Did Kerry condemn himself and the activities promoted by the US in Vietnam for personal gain? I can't read the guy's mind, but it sure didn't seem to be his motivation at the time. Instead, it looked like he became politicized because of his experiences.
And, in truth, he'd have been much better off politically if he hadn't gone into harm's way, or even completed his military commitment, since you can't criticize a nonexistent service record.