Cleland should not be given a free pass for allowing how he sustained his horrific wounds on the battlefield when he did not.
It's the same as being wounded running away and allowing people to proclaim that you led the charge. (not saying that is what Cleland did...)
Spin and reality are two different things... Ann is attacking the spin...not the man.
IMHO she is attacking Cleland and doing it in the nastiest, ugliest, most disingenuous fashion possible (again, assuming posts 5 & 18 are accurate).
Cleland was doing his job, taking part in a combat mission. I suppose it classifies as a friendly fire incident, but it was during a combat mission. I don't see where anyone can claim any basis for ridiculing Cleland as regards to his wounds. What has he done or allowed that is the cause for these ugly comments here regarding his wounding?
If it is correct that it was not his grenade then Coulter's entire basis is inaccurate and I can't even imagine the uproar that we would have here on FR if Cleland was a Bush supporter.
This really stinks.
I am not referring to his behavior since VN.