[knarf]

I'm not overly affected by this report.
Lots of guys tried to get out of serving as a matter of SOP. When it didn't work it was, shrug the shoulders, I gave it a try, and go in.

Those of us who were of age in the mid to late sixties were bombarded with much imagery of Viet Nam.
There were only two ways to go ... enlist or take a shot at deferment.

Lots of shots were taken.

[Mo1]

Lots of guys tried to get out of serving as a matter of SOP. When it didn't work it was, shrug the shoulders, I gave it a try, and go in.

You're right and that isn't what this is about

Kerry brags about volunteering ..

Remember Clinton at the convention .. "Kerry said Send Me"

Kerry's problem is not being honest .. he either embellishes a story or he bold face lies

Character Counts and he lacks it big time

[prion]

I'm not overly affected by this report. Lots of guys tried to get out of serving as a matter of SOP. When it didn't work it was, shrug the shoulders, I gave it a try, and go in.

I have to agree. If this is an indictment of Kerry's character, than it is of a lot of guys who went on the serve honorably. Not many people were eager to go to Vietnam. Trying to buy a year is no great moral failing.

[AUsome Joy]

I agree with you on this. Many people today don't know what it was like back then when young men were subject to the draft. It was just matter of fact that you either waited to see if you would be drafted, or decided you would rather choose the service you wanted before the Army got you, or took deferments. To me, it doesn't matter that Kerry tried to get a deferment.

What does matter is that they are lying when they pretend that he "chose" or "volunteered" to go to Vietnam. And it matters that he lying about his service there, and that he undermined the troops that were left behind in Vietnam when he came home.