Continue his studies in Paris.
Yep on how to be for the commies and to be a traitor to America.
The ties of the Franchurian Dork Candidate, le Jacquestrap Kerri and the commies of France go way back before he was spawned.
At least he went, which is better than many others (*cough-cough* Clinton! *cough-cough*). I'm sure that many actual heroes were also reluctant to go, and were hoping for cushier positions. This seems like a no-go politically.
He wanted to study Eurosocialism at its source.
NYT, May 24, 1970.
It's not dishonorable necessarily to state that as your objective in going to war, but I find it a little odd, having lived through the Vietnam era with a serviceman husband. The only thing he went to study firsthand was his mo so he could do the job he was assigned to do with the sole objective of winning the war and keep South Vietnam from falling to the communists.
Whether the men were drafted or enlisted voluntarily, they all went to fight to win.
As someone who is old enough to remember coming out of college during the draft--let me make a couple of observations that may clear up the seeming contradictions in Kerry's actions.
If you had a high draft lotter number, and no graduate deferment, you were going to serve as a regular army draftee when you were inducted.
Many college graduates, like myself, decided to volunteer for one of the Service's programs for college graduates to become officers--rather than spend our service committment as an enlisted man. Officers got perks, better pay, and the girls.
This isn't to say officers didn't go in harm's way. Marine and Army 2nd Lts. had exceptionally high casualty rates in Viet Nam. I don't know about Navy Ensigns--but the Navy was considered to be perhaps the safest of all the services. Charlie didn't have a navy and didn't swim.
Someone ought to look into Kerry's draft lottery number. My guess is he knew he was going in and made the decision to 'volunteer'.
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We've known that for more then a year
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Exploding the myth that brave Kerry said "send me!" to the fight... in his own words!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1189361/posts
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Thank you for finding another source on this matter Tamsey..This is important character proof. It doesn't matter that sKerrry asked for a deferment, but that he hide this fact behind his facade of "wanting to serve".