And how many of those 14,245 remaining lives were lost as a result of Kerry's traitorous testimony? For what portion of the increased public opposition to the Vietnam war does he bear responsibility? What might have been the end result of this war had he not done what he did?
He and his type (Dan Rather) make my blood boil, and he has now opened old wounds by claiming to be heroic, using his service as a campaign issue. By doing so, he just opened himself up to be lambasted by all those who thought the war didn't end as it should.
John Kerry, dividing the country again.
And he opposed a war that scions of his failed political party undertook and promulgated. Democrats got us into Viet Nam, Republicans got us out. Hard to spin that one, those are facts but facts never got in the way of their lust for power.
He was responsible for the 14,245 deaths. After three failed invasions of South Vietnam by the NVA, the North Vietmanese leadership actually considered an Armistice just like Korea, to buy time to rebuild their nation. The Viet Minh had been fighting since 1945. Images of Jane Fonda, JFK, and other leftwingers convinced them to keep trying because from their perception, American public support for the war was eroding. Once they made the decision to keep fighting, those American soldiers' fates were sealed.