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Kerry's service was honorable, but editorial was not

Kerry's service was honorable, but editorial was not

Date published: 6/23/2004

That you would give credence to whining right-wing malcontents calling themselves Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ["Mekong myths," June 18] proves your radical Republic Party Bias. (As members of your ilk disdainfully refer to the Democratic Party as the "Democrat" Party, I refer to yours as the "Republic" Party.)

The fact remains that John Kerry actually fought in Vietnam; and the Navy, in its wisdom, awarded him the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts.

I guess the "Swifties" know better than the Navy. Their assertion that Kerry somehow fooled the Navy is hardly worthy of belief and does not deserve such attention.

Moreover, if you have editorialized about Bush's avoidance of service in the theater of war, failure to report for duty as required, relinquishment of his flight status for which the government spent thousands for his training and the National Guard condoned without explanation, lack of military decorations or awards, and early release, I certainly have not seen it. Why is that?

As to your assertion that "no one recalls a single sleazy GOP attack on [George] McGovern's military prowess": I sure do. You apparently were too young to remember certain Republic Party stalwarts who criticized McGovern for his World War II service as a pilot dropping bombs on "poor defenseless women and children" for which they called him a war criminal.

Your unfettered bias makes you the sleazy one.

David L. Terzian

Fredericksburg

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Date published: 6/23/2004