[cripplecreek]

Last night Bill O'reilly said that he had found anti war speeches given on college campuses by John Kerry when he was a student. This tells me that Kerry was pursuing an agenda when he went to Vietnam.

[Sacajaweau]

My guts tell me that Kerry could have gotten out of his stint to Vietnam. His camera, his three purple hearts which gave him a pass home, his testimony, his association with Hanoi Jane all speak of a "Mission" of anti-war, anti-military investigation conducted by himself.

I do not deny that he served. It's the why of his service that I'm thinking about and the why of using the Purple Hearts to renig on his commitment.

[Jaidyn]

Kerry gave an anti war speech at his graduation in 1966. During an interview, I believe while protesting in the Mall, he said he had been to Viet Nam in '68 for a stop-over (Da Nang). He told of the horrors of seeing dead Viet Cong all over, along with Vietnamese citizens. He said then, that he realized we were occupiers. Remember, this was 1968. He said in '71, "I wanted to go back and see what was going on but I didn't really want to get involved in the war, " so he volunteered for Swift Boat duty because they were used just for patrol. Two weeks prior, the policy was changed and he became an overnight hero.