Agreed.
>>Still, in a spirit of magnanimity and appreciation for his months on a boat in a very inhospitable landscape, Americans perhaps should remember the words of Pericles, as recorded by Thucydides shortly after the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War: "For there is justice in the claim that steadfastness in his country's battles should be as a cloak to cover a man's other imperfections; since the good action has blotted out the bad, and his merit as a citizen more than outweighed his demerits as an individual."
One of the main issues with Kerry's service is his lack of steadfastness when called. Both in possibly creating a "3 scratches and out" plan to leave in less than 1/3 of a tour, and in turning on his "band of brothers" and labelling them as war criminals upon his return.