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To: Win Smith who wrote (135357)	6/2/2004 1:45:10 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You're right that I simply don't know what people were thinking about the draft in 1966. I was a boy-crazy 13-14 year old, but none of the boys I was crazy about was draft age. So I don't really have any idea what was going through Kerry's head when he chose the Swift Boats. He probably could have pulled strings to go elsewhere. It's just really ironic that Kerry was anti-war when he came home, trying to talk people out of enlisting, trying to stop the war, but he feels the need to dump on people who took his advice and did not go. That, you must admit, is politically motivated. Also classic Kerry. I've never seen a man who wants so much to have both sides of every argument. I think both sides have right on their side -- the ones who wanted to go, and the ones who did not. That's why a volunteer military is a good idea, when you can do it. I don't know anybody who was around at the time who thinks the Vietnam war was fought to win. Johnson and Nixon both wanted out, but wanted to save face, too. How can you force boys to die in order to save your face? If that kind of honor matters to you, and you're willing to die to make Johnson and Nixon look good, that's your decision.