Where'd you go? Are you reading this thread? Are you starting to understand why the WP story is just so much more crap?
Yeah, I'm still here. I'm just placing myself in the shoes of the average idiot "undecided" voter. If Thurlow knew there was no fire, why accept the Bronze star? If he thought he deserved it just because of the mines, he's not questioning the validity of Kerry's own Bronze, just the extraneous "under fire" stuff.
I understand the problem here. The MSM keeps referring to these citations as the final word, but they were written second hand.