Yes he was. Those expensive private school educations do work well sometimes.
He even seemed to have a soft, gentle heart apparently back then too. He once had a pet bird in a cage in his dormroom at Yale, it got out the window, and he climbed a tree to retreive the bird. Nice.
Now that's the good part. Aparently his "softness" could not take what he saw in Vietnam, and he reacted very destructively when he got home. He grandstanded. He lied and exaggerated and defamed. There were other ways to get out his feelings of disillusionment for the war without doing what he did to all Vietnam era vets (of which I am one).
His words darkened the reputations of most who served. Most of us were treated as "pigs" and "baby killers" because of his actions. I will never forget coming back home, in the airport in Pittsburgh. The looks on the faces of the people (mostly the young, as a matter of fact) told me I was not liked. That behavior went on for a very long time.
Kerry eats s**t!
p.s. Here's wondering if America will find out about his phantom bandaid wounds too!
"Senator Kerry, in your 1971 Senate testimony, you cited as your main reference for American atrocities the 'Winter Soldier Investigation'.
"Since then, several of the witnesses in the WSI have suffered exposure as frauds. They lied about their time of service, their rank, and other details. Some hadn't served in Vietnam, some hadn't even served in the military at all, and others stole the identities of men who did serve.
" One of the imposters, Al Hubbard, even appeared with you on "Meet the Press" in 1971.
"Do you now wish to amend any of your 1971 testimony, and if so how?"