[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Kerry entered and abandoned Vietnamese village and slaughtered domestic animals
owned by the civilians and burned down their homes with his Zippo lighter."



It only takes one idiot to raze a village!

(My original response! Zippo lighter courtesty of FReeper Helms)

[Howlin]

"Kerry entered and abandoned Vietnamese village and slaughtered domestic animals owned by the civilians and burned down their homes with his Zippo lighter."

He smoked?

[cyborg]

excellent post sir!

[BIGLOOK]

Consider this. What is on one's mind arriving in a new environment, a new culture, meeting the locals, seeing firsthand the way they live. You've been in-country only a short time, away from the real world of your youth; school, college, bootcamp and OCS training in the Navy. Some shipboard time. And after your short time in a foreign environment, you torch a local village. Honi soit qui mal y pense! ???

There are a lot of vets online here, Chief, and I'm perplexed (not confused) at some of their comments. Many are overboard regarding the mission that was & and still is of the US military. I suspect some are bogus. Politics is infectious. Kerry's mission goals were clear; to protect avenues of commerce and defend against insurgence; to engage insurgence. As a Guardsman, you know this by heart. My duties were a horse of a different color. But not disconnected from yours or from all who served & continue to serve. Kerry missed that mission point BIGTIME and has ever since.

Need some piloting, Guardsman. Regards.