Where Are the Rifle Platoon Veterans For Truth?

[MisterGamut]

I think I may have caught Ollie North in a lie. Forgive me if this has already been noted.

http://www2.swiftvets.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6319&sid=c3da14853217a1ab92a578cb64d7c4e2

Like you, I have a Silver Star and a Bronze Star. I only have two Purple Hearts, though. I turned down the others so that I could stay with the Marines in my rifle platoon.

I challenge Oliver North to prove this assertion. There was no rule - so far as I know - which said that if you had three purple hearts you were REQUIRED to leave combat. In fact, the Swift Boat Veterans for Bush criticized Kerry for taking advantage of the loophole, when - according to them - he didn't have to. And if there were such a rule, turning down the medal would not allow you to stay if they wanted to remove you for having been injured three times. After all, you would still have the injuries.

Oliver North is lying about his record in an essay criticizing Kerry for supposedly lying about his.

[dogtag]

1. Oliver North would

never, never, ever tell a lie. Would he?

[iwantmycountryback]

2. Ollie North? lying

nooooooooo