The voters who were born after 1950 don't know much about the Vietnam War firsthand...and certainly not the ones born after 1960... For many, hearing Kerry actually say the words he said to the Senate 1971, while we were at war and our soldiers were still fighting, and being captured, and dying....has got to make an impact. It certainly will to any young Military folks who are fighting right now, and to their families who are sacrificing while they are gone.
Kerry's credibility, or lack thereof, is important. He talks of what he whodda, shoulda, coulda, done....but all we can see is what he has done. He evidently needed his awards so badly he put requests in for them. So be it.
Now, maybe the Vietnam POW's who are still living, after being tortured by the NV directly because of words from Kerry, will be heard. Of course, those who died can't talk. But the living will remind us of who they were, and how they died. |
