[swilhelm73]

Actually, I've wondered for a while about a slightly different scenario...

As we know Kerry has claimed that he and most soldiers/sailors in Vietnam committed atrocities.

Well, one of the most powerful tricks your mind does to protect itself from a reality you don't want to deal with is projection. So perhaps, unlike the vast majority of our military, Kerry *did* commit war crimes as he has claimed. Kerry can't deal with what he does so he starts claiming all vets have done the same sort of things. Perhaps he and those on stage with him committed these crimes together.

It gives a powerful reason for why Kerry betrayed his comrades when he came back calling them rampaging mongols and why a small group continues to defend him.

[Trident/Delta]

It is possible, but he would have had to do a whole lot in 4 months.

Semper Fi

[cincy29]

I saw a very powerful episode of Law & Order based on these premises. There was a squad of soldiers who had supposedly burned down a village or otherwise committed an atrocity. They all got some kind of high-level medal for courage in the firefight. (Remember, the VC liked to hide in villages, so it's not like they just went and smoked this village because they had nothing better to do on a Friday night.) One of the recipients was about to "go public" about what happened, and he was killed by another.

Granted, it was a TV show, but the scenario seemed entirely plausible. If I was a Swift Boat guy who is on either side of this, I'd be doubling up my life insurance premiums about now.

[ConservativeMan55]

Check out this thread of Anti-John Kerry signs!

[I_dmc]

I would suspect that Kerry's boat shot anything that moved, to prevent anything that moved from shooting them. Thats what cowards do.