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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (26790)	9/15/2006 7:14:44 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 27181

he didn't volunteer for combat, he volunteered for easy coastal duty, when the swift bosts were assigned to combat he cut himself and ran.

To: American Spirit who wrote (26790)	9/15/2006 9:15:00 PM
From: tonto	Respond to of 27181

John Kerry has often implied that he volunteered for the military right after college. But Kerry petitioned his draft board for a student deferment. At Yale, Kerry's anti-war political views were well known. He ... used his commencement address in 1966 to criticize the foreign policy of President Lyndon Johnson, especially with regard to Vietnam. When he approached his draft board for permission to study for a year in Paris, the draft board refused and Kerry decided to enlist in the Navy ... The top choice was the Navy Reserves where the duty commitment was shorter and a larger proportion of the period could be served stateside on inactive duty. John Kerry's service record indicates that on Feb. 18, 1966, he enlisted in the United States Naval Reserves, status "inactive," not in the U.S. Navy. These details are conveniently left out of all pro-Kerry biographies. Douglas Brinkley records that Kerry entered Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I.; however, again he fails to note that Kerry was seeking to be an officer of the U.S. Naval Reserves.