Very nice recent editorial about Kerry and Vietnam

[_dynamicdems]

Great commentary about the sixties and the progress that was paid for with the hearts, minds and blood of a generation. Here's the part about John Kerry, but read the entire article (it's worth the read):

Consider the campaign issue of Kerry's anti-war activities after he returned from a tour of duty in Vietnam. In these days of Bush's you're-either-with-me-or-you're-going-to-hell political posturing, people don't know how to deal with the growing anti-Iraq War movement. It seems so, well, unAmerican.

And so Bush's handlers projected the public uneasiness they created onto a war that ended 30 years ago, convincing voters that Kerry's anti-Vietnam activities were also somehow anti-American. And to a public that for the most part doesn't know the Vietnam War except through a few movies and TV shows, a shaggy-haired Kerry speaking at an anti-war rally became a loose cannon and a malcontent.

Here's the thing, though: Kerry was right. He was right to go to Vietnam in the first place, even when his peers George W. Bush and Dick Cheney pulled strings to stay out of harm's way. And he was right to come back home and tell everyone how misguided the U.S. war effort was.

http://www.citybeat.com/2005-05-04/editorial.shtml

[_dynamicdems]

1. Too late to edit. Should have read "post-election" editorial, not "recent"

[globalvillage]

2. That is nice.

And from Ohio. Even better.

[demdiva]

3. That's great