[OneTimeLurker]

"but his service was evidently highly commendable. "

I agree and to try to attack him on his time in the service is not only disingenuous but also dishonors veterans.

[clintonh8r]

It isn't about what he did in the service. It's about what he did after he got out of the service.

[Time4Atlas2Shrug]

If you consider not finishing your tour of duty and joining the VVAW in organizing protests with the Communists, Jane Fonda, etc. honorable then I suppose he was. I personally think his service was disgraceful and the circumstances under which he received his medal was questionable. It is politically correct to say that someone is heroic because he served, but the fact that he endangered even further the lives of his fellow soldiers upon returning home and lied about atrocities they committed (admitting later that he never actually witnessed these incidents) does not make him a hero. Nor does the fact that he was sweeping an investigation under the rug in the early 90's that could have potentially brought live POW/MIA's home make him deserving of honor. I'm sorry, but I just do not see it.