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Originally posted by Technosoul,
More hogwash and transparently partisan.
Everyone knows the Navy is looking foreward to greater funding from Bush. Due to his world wide war plans (yet to be fully announced).
Get real, Kerry did not reward his self. He did not go to some pawn shop and buy them. He did not shoot his self in the leg to get a award and pretend it came from enemy fire. No, someone higher up just awarded them to him, he did not beg for them.
Navy questions his right to those medals at this late date, in the middle of an election? Get real, who do you think the Commander and Cheif of the Navy is right now? And who is following orders?
Technosoul. |
Tech, we don't often agree but this time I think you are dead on the money. Kerry was awarded those medals by the Navy and ordinarily that would simply stand. I wonder how many medal awardees who are NOT presidential candidates are having their right to their medals questioned? What is the Navy basing this change of heart on? The Swift Boat attackers, and their third hand accounts of what FIRST hand participants disagree with.
If this is politically motivated, as it appears to be at this time, then the whole thing is quite disturbing.
Maybe the next time I say I support the military I'll have to qualify it by adding "below the rank of Lieutenant".
P.S. I couldn't find that particular story on the newsmax site, but I did come away with the feeling this is a right wing site. Right or left, I always bring my salt shaker along when I read these stories.