Reply #112: A couple of things in answer to your question [View All]

[MadHound]

First off, I'm sure that when Kerry enlisted, he had friends and family that advised him not to. He just didn't post to a chat board and get broad based advice like this gentlement is.

Secondly, back in Feb of '66 it wasn't apparent that the Vietnam war was such an over the top illegal and immoral war, there were still shades of gray, and many people still bought into the whole business of the Gulf of Tonkin and the Dominoe Theory of SE Asia. Today, in Iraq, we know with certainty that our military presence there is illegal and immoral. Iraq had no WMDs, no ties to terrorism, nothing to do with 911, and that in all reality the only reason we're there is for oil. This is well known and widely disseminated, and surely if this man is posting and reading DU, he is fully cognizant of these facts.

If Kerry had been in the same situation back in '66 as this gentleman is now, we would be giving him the same advice friend.