If that is the case, Kerry could have decided to stay in after completing his obligatory service because he viewed it as a plus for his political career. Remember this is a guy who took a movie camera to reenact his battles and lied and cheated his way to get medals. It was all part of his resume.
Unlike you and I, Kerry demonstrated an anxiousness to get out of the service as soon as possible, even to the point of allegedly "requesting a disharge" early on 3 JAN 1970.
Except for the wrong or misleading terminology on his websties's timeline, what basis do you have for his "requesting a discharge early on 3 Jan 1970?" We have his November memo requesting early release from active duty and his actual orders dated 3 Jan 1970 releasing him from active duty and assigning him to the inactive reserves.
I agree Kerry should sign a SF 180. There are plenty of questions that need answering. Presuming he has something to hide, he will stonewall and not release them. With less than a month to go, the likelihood of that happening is nil. The media and the RNC have not made it an issue. Thank God for the SBVFT. Unfortunately, Rathergate eclipsed and diverted the focus on Kerry's military service.
Has Kerry become such a brazen liar that we can no longer believe his plain English?
If you read his Timeline, everything for 1970 is a materpiece of word parsing specifically designed to B.S. the news media into reporting that Kerry was "Honorably Discharged and then later joined Vietnam Veterans Against the War."
Look at the last entery:
"April 29, 1970: Kerry listed as Registrant who has completed service"
As I noted in the essay I posted as a thread, this uses irrelevant Selective Service information to give the false impression that Kerry was "Honorably Discharged and then later joined Vietnam Veterans Against the War."
If Kerry is ever confronted with the B.S., he can then claim that everything in that Timeline is absolutely true.
That is the difference between "lying" and "word parsing".
Kerry states in plain English he "requested discharge" early on 3 JAN 1970.
There is no reason for us to assume he did not have the gall to ask for an early discharge just as he had the gall to ask for a termination of his combat tour after only 4 months.
Kerry said that he requested an early discharge on 3 JAN 1970. He says that in plain English on the web site he, during the presidential debate, asked Americans to visit.
It is not our responsibility to prove that Kerry "misspoke" or was "mistaken".
It is Kerry's responsibility to prove that he did not flat out lie to America.