Reply #37: You know, I get what you're saying [View All]

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I flinched when I saw the line commending him for his number of kills. It bothered me, and it will bother me if Kerry uses this to promote himself.

But Kerry was not only trying to save American soldiers. Kerry was trying to save the Viet Namese. He was a young soldier, full of ideals, sent to Viet Nam by authority figures who told him he was doing the right thing. He did what he was told, and did it well--sadly. And then he understood the lie. And he came home and tried to correct it.

Kerry is an opponent of the death penalty. He's an opponent of war. He does not like what is happening in this country. He wants to stop it, not to protect the American "killers," but because he understands that a life is a life.

But America is sick right now, and bloodthirsty, and shameless. People want blood. People, as you say, do not think of non-American lives as lives. It's horrible, and disgusting. But believe me, no matter how loud someone shouts at them that it is wrong, they will not listen. They will tune you out. I know. I've been doing it for quite some time. I have organized others to do it, and we are all ignored. Our media ignored protests before the invasion where millions marched on several cities in America. The media is part of the sickness. They are selling to the people that killing is good.

Kerry wants to stop that. But he has to speak the language that people will hear. When he says he is against the death penalty, he claims it is because life in prison is a worse punishment. But that's not it. His voting record proves that he hates killing. But the American people will not hear that message right now. And so if he uses that message, he will lose, and the killing will continue. You know Hitler got worse as time wore on, as he realized what he could get away with, that the German people would not stop him. Bush knows the same thing. Bush will be mor bloody if he wins reelection, and the American people will not stop him. He is already setting the stage to invade Syria, and the Iran.

Kerry is speaking the sick language of the American people to get their trust. When he has it, he will stop the slaughter. At least, that is what I hope. It's the only hope we have right now. We who hate war and killing are in a minority.

I understand your disgust with Kerry for allowing someone else to boast about how many people Kerry killed. It disgusts me, too. But he is not that killer anymore. And he was not the one who wanted that sick genocidal slaughter in Viet Nam. Once there, he did what he was told, until he grew up. Don't judge the adult by what the kid did. Give him a chance, because right now, he is the only chance.