[T'wit]

I think this is what Kerry meant to say. What he botched was to say "Iraq" when he meant "Vietnam."

>> "You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you can do well. If you don't, if you get a bunch of D's like I did, you get stuck in Vietnam."

[Grampa Dave]

Kerry is so dumb and arrogant, he may have mixed Nam up with Iraq.