Selectric ll, you talk out of both sides of your mouth in the SAME PARAGRAPH. Ie; "I support true heros, and non-medaled soldiers, too. Don't give me any crap about denigrating heroes or soldiers in general. Kerry earned THREE purple hearts and a ticket home, without even checking into the hospital! He lost a grand total of two days of service!!"
You probably wouldn't know, but one of the medals officers can't fake is the purple heart. I guess you think that being at the front and so into the combat that you suffer a wound, or better yet, wounds on three separate occasions, doesn't merit YOUR support. After all, he didn't even check into the hospital. On the other hand, I bet you think that bumping someone off the Texas National Guard Reserve and into the draft for Vietnam, getting into flight training even though you were in the bottom third on testing for pilot training and then failing to serve your tour, DAMN SURE DOES MERIT YOUR SUPPORT. Or doesn't it? I'd kind of like to know.
Today's liberals might give liberals a bad name in your view, but then when you utter such specious words as those in your denigrating post, what is your view actually worth?
As far as Lt. Calley, what do you know about Mai Lai? Do you really think Calley didn't have the tacit encouragement of the Battalion and Division commanders, and maybe even those higher up? Better yet, how many Lt. Calleys came out of the woodwork in this country after 9/11 and advocated wiping most Afghans off the face of the earth. Men, women and children whose lives they were willing to take because THEY were the ones scared after 9/11 and they were willing to kill anyone that aided, or possibly aided, their enemy. Just ask Johannes Pilch and a few others on here; it's clear how they still feel about the taking of Arab/Muslim lives. There are a lot of Lt. Calleys around. Maybe you'd be one of them if you thought the village threatened your life and those of your men and you had a little encouragement from above?
By the way, I think Calley served about 1 year in prison. Not bad for a few hundred lives, right? |
