Originally posted by Gunslinger
IMO kerry gave up his silver/bronze star when he threw them away while protesting the war....wait he flip floped on that too though...he threw somone elses away to protest but proudly hangs them on the wall now.
Anyone....AND I MEAN ANYONE who has ever served in the military KNOWS medals dont mean jack chit. They dont prove you were a "Hero". They dont prove that you were "brave". They don't prove that you have "courage". Maybe the only exception to this rule is the Medal of Honor....most of those are recieved by the recipient's survivors anyway.
Most medals only tell people that you were there.....its the people next to you that makes you a hero....they are the reason you fight....they are the reason you take that hill. NOT because you are couragous...but because you see them doing it and you dont want to let them down. Ask anyone who has served in combat and they will almost allways say the same thing. They were scared and they didnt want to fail.
If you say that anyone who serves their country, weather they be a soldier, teacher, firefighter, policman ect is a hero than yes by that definition john kerry is a hero. But if you take into account any kind of personal fortitude or character....john kerry has neither. He is an opportunist of the worst kind. He served on swift boats in the navy just like his idol JFK for 4 months in combat....recieved a few minor wounds and then asked to be sent home. Once he realized he could run in polotics as an anti war canidate he became on of them too....now he can run on being a war hero....well that's what he wants to be now.
Mr. Kerry, a war hero does not purger himself in front of congress lying about attrocities committed that you NEVER SAW! I just hope you can sleep at night knowing that tapes of your testimony was played at the hanoi hilton to American POWs as psychological tourture.
I could care less if he is a catholic or not...if so he's a bad catholic just like he is a bad senetor.
Sleep well Mr Kerry....Sleep well
I disagree gunslinger. Most medals dont mean crap. THe bronze star even really does not mean anything unless it was earned in combat. But the silver star is different, it is a high honor and you should know that.
Oh and Kerry's tour in swift boats was his second tour, after first serving on a frigate
He volunteered for swift boats, which is and was a dangerous occupation. Note that your hero Bush* was hidint in the TANG where he was trained at taxpayer expense but skiped out on his last year of service so he could work on a political campaign. I dont hear you railing about that? What is up with that?
Kerry's duty in swift boats was cut chort because he was WOUNDED - he also had two purple hearts - another medal that does actually mean something.
He came under fire and he earned the silver star. IMHO he has every right to protest the Golly-geened war. He earned that right by any stretch of the imagination. To say that his later protests negate he actions is disingenious right wing blather. Similar to the tripe that Coulter spewed about Max Cleland.
What kind of country are we where men like Kerry and Cleland are vilified for being dems regardless of exemplary and heroic service under fire, and where men like Bush* is worshipped because he is a repub when he hid from real service in the national guard "Champagne" squadron - and went AWOL from that
the hypocrisy is amazing
