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Thanks for the ping, Howlin. I have been waiting for this opinion of Kerry's actions as CO of his swift boat to come out. I lived aboard boats for more than 30 years and what he said he did in a 'free-fire' zone made no sense to me
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I was sure that leaping ashore would put his boat and its crew in unnecessary danger.

He is reliving a Horatio Hornblower NOVEL.

500000 Americans saw action in Vietnam. I am sure that if Kerry is the nominee, his actions for which he won his Silver Star will become part of the contest. There is no need to expose it now - before Super Tuesday. Wait til President Bush is in his campaign proper.

I have also read that not only did he write up his own commendation, he "looked after" his crew when he got his ticket stateside. so if they got shortened tours as well, they would be reluctant to go public with criticism of Kerry today.

We should just hold this "card" for later.