"the BIG guns are brought out and former senator and real war hero, triple amputee Max Cleland of Georgia,"
One small correction, Cleland is not a war hero.
He blew himself up with a hand granade.
Holy Frag Batman, I didn't know that. If I were in his shoes, I wouldn't be bragging about, or leveraging, the condition he's in. Poor judgement or just another foible from the Democrats. Being used as a prop shows the man has no self respect.
fortheDeclaration wrote:Actually, Max Cleland is a legitimate war hero. Not for his injuries, but for what he did before the grenade accident.
One small correction, Cleland is not a war hero.
He blew himself up with a hand granade.
Someone in his unit was seriously injured, I think by a landmine, in an intense fire fight. He carried the guy out on his shoulders through enemy fire and won a medal for that.
That's not how he lost his legs and arm, but he definitely earned his medal(s) and most folks would call his earlier actions heroic. Of course, he doesn't tell people much about how he earned his medal(s) and, for obvious reasons, he doesn't dwell on the accident that caused his injuries. He shouldn't let people say things like "the Viet Cong took his legs," and similar misrepresentations I've heard about his injuries, but don't question his heroism under fire.