Reply #72: MY point is that he was cowardly in the medals "toss" affair [View All]

[seventhson]

and that he was cowardly in getting his medals and his "out" of Nam on a technicality.

I do not, hoever, blame him for wanting out.

War hero is a subjective term, though.

Kerry led men in the slaughter of civilians. He even wrote at the time that he chould be courtmartialed for it (and later claimed he was only funnin').

ANYWAY -- this is not a make or break issue with me.

The medals toss thing defines - for me -- his character.

His votes on Iraq patriot and homeland for Bush's plans define his politics.

His PNAC, DLC, Skull and Iraq war planner advisors define his strategy and modus operandi and policy leanings.

Whether he was heroic in battle or not is very hard to say and I do not need to even go there.

He may very well have been a heroic battler and an effective killer for uncle sam.

Is it courageous to gun down civilians? No.

Is it heroic to defend your men? Yes

The fact that he voted for this bloody and insane war, though, says it all about Kerry. THAT was cowardly.

But that WAS war. It was OUR war -- so we ALL must share that blame or that responsibility to some extent (if we were alive and paying taxes and old enough to vote or protest).