Prove it (the 3rd request now) that he put himself in for the hearts!
The only proof I can offer is that there is no record of any officer
putting Kerry in for the Purple Hearts. Since Purple Hearts are not a
trivial award, and since they come with a explanation in addition to the
medal (service jacket entry) it should be easy for Kerry to release the
records and prove that someone other than himself put him in for them. His
constant denial of what should be a proud thing to show the public speaks
volumes to those of us that have served in the active military.
Not one Honorable Discharge Vet and not one Purple Heart recipient that
got it honorably has ever tried to hide it like Kerry does.
But he was honorably discharged when asked at the time!
No, that's a play on words. Kerry was asked if he was Honorably discharged
from Active Duty in 72, he won't answer that question directly. If you ask
if he "has" an Honorable Discharge then he can answer yes, as it earlier
discharge was change during the Amnesty program that Carter enacted.
If the man had just told the truth a couple times, even if it was not
popular, I would have actually had some respect for him.
Yes, a guy who actually thinks that doing what he does, will somehow find
honor with god.
No, I just figure that it would be better to be in a bad spot with someone
that has the balls to stick around if they're already there - Kerry got
out of combat as fast as he could wrangle his way out.
Yes, you honor a patron of god, who served his country while others proably
died in his stead due to his cowardice to actually do REAL combat, where
Kerry ACTUALLY volunteered for that service.
Kerry didn't expect to be assigned to a boat in a combat zone and the
records show that once he was in combat that he was out within months. The
man is a coward that found a unethical way out - there was/is no honor in
paper-cuts as a means to get out of combat.
You complain about honor, while
ignoring the honor in a volunteer, who wasn't afraid to use his freedom of
speech you say he shouldn't have, that just as easily could have avoided
doing combat duty ala Bush.
I would have more respect for him if he had NOT dishonored the Purple
Heart by inflicting his own injuries and then using them to get enough
PH's to get out of combat. I would have had more respect if he had use
political connections to have never made it there in the first place, what
he did was dishonorable to people that served with honor.
You honor a man who was an alcoholic womanizer, who used cocaine, smoke pot,
and was a failure at every business he ever started. A man who avoided real
combat duty through the POWER channel, yes, I can see where a man of your
standing would find such honor in GWB. You are a hypocrite!
The difference is the GB has never denied any of those things. Kerry has
denied everything and even married into money to finance his political
ambitions (not that others don't also marry for money) - heck, his current
wife even dropped Kerry from her name after the elections failed for him.
Simple fact is that Kerry won't release his service record information and
only a person with something to hide (dishonorable) would do that. The
fact that he can't show one record of WHO put him in for the PH Medals is
another telling sign - I have a officers signature on ever award I was
given, it's in my service jacket that I have a copy of in the safe (and
even have a DD214 on file at the county court house)....
When you can disprove the above paragraph, with facts, I will possibly
change my beliefs about Kerry, but I bet you wouldn't consider him any
less honorable if what I say is true.
Clinton admitted to trying POT, but he