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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mph who wrote (16988)	4/21/2004 7:42:14 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Read this post: Message 20048689 My comment: Kerry was very clear on "Meet the Press". He regretted his choice of words when he was 27; he was angry and he acknowledges his words were over the top. However, he was trying to be a stand up guy. Make sure you read that post.

To: mph who wrote (16988)	4/21/2004 8:44:24 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Don't try to spin the Vietnam War into something normal, contemporary or politically correct. In 1971 that war was out of control madness and this country was torn in two. In retrospect, the war and the way it was waged were wrong, immoral, dishonest and very harmful to our country. It never should have escalated into a major Cold War conflict. The leaders who sent our boys there deserve a heavy burden of guilt. You can see this in McNamara's "Fog Of War" documentary where he wants to apologize for all the horrors he helped create before he dies. John Kerry was an important force in terms of ending the war. You have no right to criticize him and neither does any one else. He acknowledges his language was a little colorful in his testimnonies, but fundamentally he was right on the money, morally, factually and legally.

To: mph who wrote (16988)	4/21/2004 8:49:59 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 81568

Every Nam-vet that I have met has talked about atrocities. Everytime my Ex-husband met up with another vet he had another story to tell............they happened everyday over there............it was a war zone and nasty things happen in wars...........we all know that wars don't have much in common with Sunday School classes!!!!!! Wake the hell up!!!!! Atrocities happened in WWI and WWII also...........no shock!! How many innocent women and children do you think we killed when we bombed Dresden, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Dresden, Berlin, Cologne and all the other German cities...........millions!!!!( We were nice enough to try to avoid the cathedrals and churches)