That is what makes me doubt you served at all. You have no understanding of honor.
I don't get why you are willing to lie about him just because he's a socialist bag of hot air. Lying besmirches you and your fellows, not the person you're lying about. Had you not lied, I would not be defending him.
As to my prior service, it is not relevant to this discussion. You keep trying to make it so but it really isnt.
If you really served in combat in a way that makes it clear you were a real soldier/sailor/airman or Marine, you would be proud to compare your record to that of "an anti-war pacifist socialist bag of hot air" who you have accused of cowardly and traitorous behavior. My Vietnam Vet friends don't ever beat their chests about how awesome they are, but in 2004 they were glad to compare their service to John Francois Kerry. Yet you aren't willing to compare your record to a guy who (in your view) "rode" on a B-17 and ran away from combat.
If you are a truth-telling warrior, why are you not willing to tell such a truth, and shame a traitorous coward?
Some of my friends didn't live long enough to become vets.