[Paulie]

—He had shot American soldiers in the back during Vietnam to build a base for his own political future.—

Is this true? Tell me this is sarcasm or hyperbole or something.

As much as I dislike Lurch, I never dreamed he would stoop to this level. That is unthinkable.

[Amntn]

While not literally, he absolutely shot them in the back figuratively.

[treetopsandroofs]

—He had shot American soldiers in the back during Vietnam to build a base for his own political future.—

Hyperbole, I’m sure, but here are his own beloved words from April 23, 1971, WHILE US soldiers were fighting in Vietnam...

http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Resources/Primary/Manifestos/VVAW_Kerry_Senate.html