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I agree with andrew1957 I want to see the X-Ray first. With that said - trust but verify in mind - is this a conservative website or a lefty one? Are we making fun of a soldier's service? Not post service record - but during his service? Is not the Republican party the party of duty and honor? Should we not uphold that creed even of the Democrats do not? Salute Kerry's war record and pick apart his Senatorial record. This is beneath us.

......is this a conservative website or a lefty one? Are we making fun of a soldier's service? Not post service record - but during his service? Is not the Republican party the party of duty and honor? Should we not uphold that creed even of the Democrats do not? Salute Kerry's war record and pick apart his Senatorial record. This is beneath us.

Kerry's Purple Heart record merits examination because he used the "Three Purple Heart" guideline to bug out of his combat tour after only 4 months.

The Purple Heart was not instituted to be awarded for every Band-Aid injury that one would normally encounter with any strenuous activity. The Purple Heart was instituted to recognize injuries that would "require treament by a medical officer". In the military, "medical officer" means an M.D.

A sucking chest wound may intially be treated by a combat Medic or Corpsman but it is an injury that "requires" eventual treament by a medical officer.

A medical officer may see a scraped knee or a minor bruise at Sick Call, but such an injury does not "require" treatment by a medical officer.

If Kerry sea-lawyered minor injuries into three Purple Hearts and then turned those three Purple Hearts into a ticket out of his Vietnam combat tour after only 4 months, then such conduct deserves scrutiny........especially after Kerry portrays himself as a Vietnam "hero" and the Democrats portray Bush as a coward.

"Duty and honor" does not mean serving only one third of your combat tour because you dishonorably obtained Purple Hearts you did not legitimately earn.

With that said - trust but verify in mind - is this a conservative website or a lefty one? Are we making fun of a soldier's service? Not post service record - but during his service? Is not the Republican party the party of duty and honor? Should we not uphold that creed even of the Democrats do not? Salute Kerry's war record and pick apart his Senatorial record. This is beneath us.

This forum is filled with people who have no class and no honor. Were you under the impression that these people had better morals than the Democrats? Think again; this thread clearly demonstrates that all of them will sh!t on Viet Nam veterans when it serves their crass political purposes.