And I’ve only been somewhat sympathetic to the Swift Vets. I read their book, and found that they were more angry at Kerry for his anti-war activities then anything else they talked about.
But I think the Swift Vets, if anything, showed that we really mistreated our Vietnam vets, that there was this huge underlying anger by them against the media image of Vietnam veterans. The Swift Vets tapped into that to transfer some of that anger to Kerry. How appropriately, I cannot say.
But I think that all of us, left or right, should watch this video. If you’re a Kerry supporter, ignore the anti-Kerry part of the message at the beginning and end, but watch the images of our soldiers in Vietnam doing good instead of evil. Its too bad we had to have an election to see those images.
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