🚀 go-pugleaf

tom spillman wrote:
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> Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
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> > Well put Tom...  But I sorta like the pig vomit/shit comparison.
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> > <G>
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> > JT
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> Thanks for the kind words, and I can agree with your comparison.
> 
> In the last posting I read before I kill-filed him, a poster claimed
> that I HAD to agree that Kerry was not traitorous because he had proved
> it.
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> He proved nothing of the sort, IMNSHO.  Regardless of his words, I fully
> believe that Kerry gave aid and comfort to the enemy and that behavior
> is traitorous.
> 
> He may not feel that way.  That is is right.  It is also my right to
> feel that Kerry was a traitor.  Kerry and the Democrats were apparently
> surprised at the strong feelings of the Swift Boat Veterans.  There is a
> bond that builds up between those who have served in dangerous
> conditions together.  Kerry went against that bond when he accused his
> shipmates of serious war crimes, with no proof.  They felt, rightly,
> that he betrayed them.  I know many who served in that war and I would
> trust my life to them, something I would NOT do with Kerry.  I still
> hear from some of those who were in my squadron during the Korean war,
> over fifty years later.  One man, who was lost in 1951 while we were
> deployed to Japan, has a sister who is still trying to get all of the
> details of exactly what happened to him.  I've tried to help in any way
> I could, but after fifty years, it is difficult.  I just don't remember
> many of the details anymore.
> 
> Here is her web site, if you're interested:
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>         http://www.koreacoldwar.org/bios/lively.html
> 
> Finally, those are my last words on this subject...
> 
> Regards...
> 
> Tom



As one that spent his year "in country," there is no way I could support Kerry.

But shifting gears just a bit, I lay the entire blame for this policy of
waging war without total victory on Harry Truman.  Once a precedent is
established, it is hard to extinguish given what has occurred over the
past forty years.

The current mess in the middle east should have been finished quickly.
Let the military fulfill the requirements of victory first, ask
questions later.

Sooner or later we had better wake up.  Unfortunately, I don't see that
becoming reality short of a military coup...

JT