With all the Swifties barking up the media and all the surrounding buzz and pundits banging drums, it seems appropriate to raise this question. Where do you really stand on the Police Action that was the second longest and expensive armed engagement in US history?
Prior to the election season, the pulse on public opinion was that more than two-thirds of the American population believed the Vietnam War was a clear
mistake (source).
Instead of spreading his platform message, Kerry is forced to confront
unsubstantiated allegations that question his record under fire. We have already seen the GOP machine tear down the patriotism of wounded democratic vets like triple-amputee Max Cleland, so Kerry's Purple Hearts are no challenge. The worst component of these attacks come after Kerry's protests of the war when he returned from it, especially his
testimony before congress where he cited war crimes and atrocities by our troops. While we hear plenty about the dishonor and insult to his comrades-in-arms, we are not being reminded that the Toledo Blade ran an award-winning expose series on the
war crimes committed by Tiger Force, which were covered up by the Army for decades.