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[Lee Flier <lflier AT mindspring.com>]

DSanner106 AT aol.com wrote:

> I disagree too, I think the main difference with vietnam veterans is that 
> when they returned home, instead of being honored for their service and 
> suffering, they were spit on , protested against by the Kerry's and Fonda's of the wor
> ld and made to feel ashamed for their time in. 
>  
Errhh... have you read Kerry's actual (1971) address to the Senate 
Committee on Foreign Relations regarding Vietnam?  First of all he was 
never aligned with Jane Fonda.  Second, I think his actual words and 
actions showed deep concern for the troops and there was no shame 
implied in their service at all.  Quite the contrary, he simply didn't 
want any more troops to die or be hung out to dry for what he saw 
firsthand was a BS war.

Besides that, Kerry's speech was quite prescient especially for 1971.  
He accurately surmised that the threat of Communism was vastly 
overrated, that no one was going to get involved in a global war and 
that our military needed to be focused on guerilla warfare (terrorism).

Check it out, it's quite a read.

http://www.c-span.org/2004vote/jkerrytestimony.asp

Lee