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To: DMaA who wrote (59523)	8/11/2004 11:21:37 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

Seems to me that the Swifties are putting more weight on the Purple Hearts and how he gamed the system to get 3 of them so he could escape combate after 4 months. That may be less than honorable, but it's also very clever, just the sort of analytical problem solving that is appreciated in Washington. Ollie North, take a lesson... <g> Seriously, people did a lot of different things in those days, things that fell somewhere on the continuum from honorable to dishonorable and the other continuum from smart to stupid. On the honor continuum, it was closer to honorable than most other common options. On the intelligence continuum, it was risky but definitely not stupid.

To: DMaA who wrote (59523)	8/11/2004 2:02:54 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 793838

Seems to me that the Swifties are putting more weight on the Purple Hearts and how he gamed the system to get 3 of them so he could escape combate after 4 months. What's your source for this claim? I don't think that is necessarily the case. True, one of the chapters of the book that was pre-released addresses the Purple Heart issue, but that is but one chapter of the book. I don't recall John O'Neill focusing on the Purple Heart issue to the exclusion of other issues regarding Kerry's service when he appeared last night on Fox and MSNBC.