Reply #31: I wasn't at all trying to make [View All]

[liberalhistorian]

heroes of them, just trying to show that they were also victims. And anyone who's been to the Wall in Washington cannot help but feel an overwhelming sadness for all the needlessly lost lives and overwhelming anger at those who sent other people's sons off to a war they knew was senseless and wrong.

And had I been old enough at that time, I know I would have been one of the anti-war activists (I vaguely remember an anti-war rally my parents took me to when I was four years old, I was born in 1965). I went to Kent State, I was very active in a lot of progressive/liberal groups, including the May Fourth Task Force (where I got to meet and work with many of the wounded students, their families, and the victims' families).

But I also have a lot of respect for my uncle for what he and those like him endured.

And we have to be realistic and recognize that, unfortunately, Kerry's anti-war activism will not play as well as his Vietnam service, particularly in this militarily-sensitive time.