The media always leaves out the most telling aspect of John Kerry's anti-military career:
"At Yale, Kerry was chairman of the Political Union and later, as Commencement speaker, urged the United States to withdraw from Vietnam and to scale down foreign military operations. And this was way back in 1966."
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=352185 Kerry was about as patriotic as Sean Penn when he BEGAN his military service and got out early so that he could become a politician. He enlisted for one reason and it should be obvious to anyone who knows his history.
Kerry was about as patriotic as Sean Penn when he BEGAN his military service and got out early so that he could become a politician. He enlisted for one reason and it should be obvious to anyone who knows his history.Sounds right to me, but it won't convince the fairly fair-minded anti-war crowd. Hard to argue the factitude of motivations.
Military records, however, will convince some. Witness the downfall of Al Hubbard.
Convince them first of false testimony in the WSI, and the Kerry-the-opportunist perspective begins to look plausible.