Kerry on Imus, great interview

[ProSense]

Radio Days: listen here

[karynnj]

1. And an interview on SPORTS

All I can say is that I never thought I could find a boring Kerry speech or interview, but it's all about the red Soxes, Patriots etc. I think I will look at previous days on the site and listen to the incredible Afghanistan speech again or listen to Imus again.

[blm]

2. Talked up all the positive ways antiwar vets have contributed to help other vets

and military families and how unfairly they have been maligned.

[sampsonblk]

3. Thanks

That was good stuff.

[YvonneCa]

4. Thank you...

...Prosense. I really enjoyed the part of the discussion about our veterans and the lessons from the war in VietNam.

Senator Kerry has been at this...fighting for our military veterans... for such a long time. Much of what the public now understands about how a country may "oppose a war, but not our warriors" is because of his perseverance. Thank you, Senator Kerry. :patriot:

[karynnj]

6. Not only that but Kerry has been for a very long time a voice for

the troops and the veterans. He has fought for them when McCain has voted against benefits.

In late 2005, it was Kerry who took the risk in describing the difficulty of US soldiers doing house to house searches in a country where they knew little of the language and culture. He explained the situation from the viewpoint of the soldiers, turning every corner, not knowing what to expect. He also carefully attempted to explain it from the Iraqi point of view - the fear they feel of foreigners, not even speaking the language knocking on their doors. This led to many people arguing that the Iraqis need to do that work. You could hear echoes of his own experience in Vietnam.

The really sad thing about the SBVT (other than the impact on the campaign of course) is that it prevented people from seeing how much Kerry actually does relate to the troops. Had he won, the veterans would have had a genuine ally, not someone who would discard them when they were no longer useful as props.

I know that listening to Senator Kerry made me far more supportive than I was before. In 1971, he also impacted my view of the soldiers for the better. I remember being blown away by the intelligence and eloquence of a 27 year old - someone not that much older then me. In fact, I even came to be embarrassed that as the Secretary of a Social Studies Club in high School I worked very hard with the President of the club to insure that the wording on a scroll our club was forced by our sponsor to make and send to some troops avoided saying that we supported the war.

[YvonneCa]

7. We're about the same age...

...karynnj. I remember that speech in 1971, too. Even more than his words, I remember how people around me and in the media were surprised at how well-spoken this Viet Nam veteran and protester of the war was. At age 27.

And I have that 2005 speech on DVD from C-Span. It should be required viewing. The difficult part for me is that Iraq repeated so many mistakes and I thought our country had learned the lessons of Viet Nam. If I were in the Senator's shoes, I think I would be really angry that we repeated those mistakes.

[politicasista]

5. Thanks.

:kick:

[tgnyc]

8. No other radio hosts he could visit beside that dusty racist fuck?

[Lord Helmet]

9. I liked the interview just wish he didn't do it on Imus.