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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 12:50 AM
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75. I count myself among the lucky being too young (and too female) to have
Edited on Thu Aug-26-04 12:52 AM by hlthe2b
been drafted in Vietnam. I did not agree with that war, detested that war, and to the extent a young teen could protest effectively, I did. I don't know what I would have done if subject to the draft. Nonetheless, those who were drafted did not exactly have the luxury to refuse orders that were lawful within the rules of engagement and the Geneva Conventions.

I will not justify or defend US policy. If I did, I certainly wouldn't be working as hard as I do to stop it/change it. But, I won't castigate the poor SOB who ended up in uniform as a pawn to very wrong-headed US policy. If you have evidence that McCain was some kind of Lt Calley guilty of intentional war crimes, I'd dearly love to see it. Absent that, I don't think we bring any honor to ourselves or our efforts to defend Kerry against the lies being levied, by deriding McCain's military record. To do so, is plainly hypocritical, IMO.
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