He wasn't a kid. He was an officer which means he was at least 22. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 1:28 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Going Back > > But does what he said and felt in 1975 (as a kid right out of war) the > same as what he thinks and says and feels now? > > I certainly have changed my mind on a number of subjects over the > years, especially about items that once were painfully emotional, but > that I can now apply perspective and thought to. > > If you ever heard what I said or felt about young sailors in my youth > (when we were fighting over the same girls), you'd be shocked. I'd be > shocked. Now I feel respect and empathy (and am starting to feel they > are so cute, like uncoordinated puppies). > > On 11/2/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I dunno Dana. I've heard many servicemen say that his testimony > exaggerated > > or even invented some of the atrocities. I don't know if that is true or > > not. > > > > A lot is perception, and Kerry's perception in the military doesn't seem > > very good, for whatever reason. > > > > On 11/2/06, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > the thing I don't understand is -- what is he was simply speaking the > > > truth? Why would it be more honorable to say nothing? I am really > asking > > > here, not being sarcastic. It seems to be that the people who say > Kerry > > > disgraced his uniform are assuming that there was no such thing as My > Lai. > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > >You may think otherwise, but observation tells me that military men > and > > > >women seem more offended by what they perceive as a miltiary brother > > > >disgracing his uniform, than they do politicians who never served > doing > > > what > > > >politicians always do. > > > > > > > >-- > > > >"If I had a million dollars, I'd buy you an exotic pet...like a > llama, or > > > an > > > >emu." > > > > > > > > > > > >
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