[harpu]

"No amount of additional training was going to make Kerry any more decisive than he always was... Give it up.

What the F... are you trying to say here?

[muawiyah]

Hey, read it again. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear!

Bet you thought I was defending Kerry didn't you?

Fact is I was defending all the other guys who had some serious active duty time during the Viet Nam War and were then shut out of the marvelous opportunities available to us as reservists.