Was Kerry right to protest the Vietnam War?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

Personally, I'm proud that our nominee is a war hero with a conscience, who was on Nixon's enemies list for protesting the Vietnam War. What do you think?

Was Kerry right to protest the Vietnam War?

[swag]

1. If you don't think so, please rent "Fog of War" and let Bob McNamara

persuade you.

Hi, Freepers!

[Toucano]

41. I love your Amy Sedaris thing.

She makes me smile!

[wtmusic]

2. Aw c'mon, give us a hard one!! n/t

[fjc]

3. This is a question?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

11. Call it

a reminder.

The media is not going to remind people of this basic fact -- and it is the basic fact about the issue -- Kerry was right.

So we have to remind people.

http://www.johnkerry.com/mediacorps

[Nite Owl]

4. It's the people who refused to go

who did their best to get out of going and yet said that they were supportive that have no right to speak out. We all know who they are.

[RedEarth]

5. Damn right he did the right thing to protest the war

[Racenut20]

6. I vote yes, with a but!!!!!!!

I think it will cost him at least a million votes.

[Cha]

28. We'll pick up a "Million votes" ...somewhere else!

Disgruntled bushies..for instance.

[iamjoy]

7. Conscience or Rage? eom

[arbusto_baboso]

8. Warriors are ALSO citizens....

and have all the rights and responsibilities the rest of us have.

Just because you serve, it doesn't make you servile. Just because you've killed, it doesn't make you a butcher. Just because you obeyed orders, it doesn't mean you don't/can't think.

[Jack Rabbit]

9. Of course he was

Anybody who protested the Vietnam War was right to do so.

And you're right, Nixon's enemies list was a roll of honor.

[chelsea0011]

10. Thirty plus years of history shows he was right

O'Neil was wrong then and he still is fighting the war.

[bowens43]

12. Absolutely

I respect his anti war activities more than I respect his service.

[sweetladybug]

13. And may I say that is a big HELL YES

It was wrong for our goverment to send our military into Vietnam into an all out war. Just look at ALL of the lost lives and people's lives that were destroyed because of the Vietnam War. I know 1st hand how that war affected alot of the soldiers who went there because I have been married to a Vietnam Vet for the last 34 yrs. Years ago, before I ever heard of John Kerry, my husband told me things that happened over there and things he was told to do (by his commanding officers) that were wrong and these memories had a BAD affect on him. Thank God he got himself together and finally dealt with what he went there. The people in charge of our country during the Vietnam Era should be ashamed of themselves.
ELECT KERRY/EDWARDS 2004!!!!

[The Magistrate]

14. "Hell, Yes!"

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[jonnyblitz]

15. HELL YEAH. its one of the main things about him I LIKE!

He was 100% correct in my view to do what he did.

[TheRovingGourmet]

16. This is probably a question that only Kerry himself can answer.

[WindRavenX]

17. of course he was right to protest

He saw first hand why it was an immoral and unjust war. He stood up for the truth.
Bravo Kerry!

[Feanorcurufinwe]

18. Looking

for a hundred votes

[Feanorcurufinwe]

20. The most

lopsided poll result of any poll I've posted.

[Jacobin]

19. Absolutely

We'd still be in Vietnam if not for former vets who began protesting the war.....before they came back and starting campaigning against the war, it was just "hippies" like me protesting...people didn't pay nearly as much attention.

[union_maid]

21. Of course he was right

In fact, it's one of the main things that makes him who he is. And the evidence that he was right is in the result of losing that war. After losing thousands upon thousands of our young people, inflicting incredible pain and damage on the people we were there to "help" what happened to our national security as a result of giving up and going home? Nothing. Not one freaking thing of note. We could have left them alone to begin with, no worse off and a lot better off than we eventually did leave them and all those kids on the memorial in DC could have lived.

[A_Possum]

22. Must be a pair of lurking freepers, saw 2 votes for Bush

on some other poll.

[spanone]

23. Yes. Who has a better right than one who was there?

[Amaya]

24. Of course!

I respect him for it. Many do.

[Radical Activist]

25. He was right then, and I wish he were more like that today

I'd like to see him at a protest or even a mild peace rally today.

[latebloomer]

26. Me too!

"How can you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?"

Words to remember, John!

[jonnyblitz]

36. me three.

and that quote you cite should be in a book of famous and important quotes of all time.

[Cha]

27. Hell yes!

[murray hill farm]

29. absolutely!!

The man is a hero in every sense...one with a conscience who acts on his beliefs and isn't afraid to do so..whatever the cost both in the war and as a true patriot at home.

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[Feanorcurufinwe]

33. Was Kerry right to protest the Vietnam War?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

35. Was Kerry right to protest the Vietnam War?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

38. Kick, because right and wrong matter

[dogman]

31. How else would we get to see Buchannen go through PTSSyndrome?

It's great to see him go apoplectic when Tricky Dick's dirty tricks are brought up, ala O'Neill.

[NMDemDist2]

32. if I can do it, my prez (to be) can do it eom

[marlakay]

34. Used to see protestors all the time in Berkeley

I was a teen during Nam and used to visit my cousins going to college at Berkeley. Loved the vendors and homemade candles and sandels. You know the times I had my jeans with patches on them!! I used to see people protesting all the time. It was the worst war not just when they were there but it ruined a lot of my friends husbands who were messed up for years and years after the war emotionally. I worry for the guys and girls over there now. This war is like that one, since most everyone believes it is a mistake and we shouldn't be there. Everyone once in awhile I read that there are a lot of suicides going on and I feel very sad.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

37. How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?

It it ironic but appropriate that Kerry will utimately have to answer his own question, as President.

[MissB]

39. I know it sounds funny

but some people apparently still think he shouldn't have protested the Vietnam War. I, of course, still think that those people may in fact be unAmerican.

[MissB]

40. In case I wasn't clear

And I probably wasn't. I think the people who are wrong are those that think Kerry shouldn't have protested the war.

[WoodrowFan]

42. i wouldn't respect him as much if he did NOT

What kind of man would see what he did and NOT protest it? Besides cowards like bush and his veep.