See my posts #3 and #10. Kerry claimed his fellow Vietnam Vets WERE war criminals. And that brought out the Swift Boat Vets to make sure he never rode into the White House on the backs of his politically motivated slander of decent Americans fighting and dying for their country in the jungles and rice paddies of Southeast Asia.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)