re: #257 Obdicut

No, the truth is not likely somewhere in between.

It’s fine to dislike Kerry for his actions of throwing his medals away. Or for any other reason.

But casting doubt on whether or not he deserved the medals he won, doubt sown by men who were not present at the time, most of whom didn’t serve with him, and most of whom can be easily shown to be politically motivated— that is low, low, low. And it harms every other member of the military to do so.

It was an awful, terrible smear. I wish I could say it was a low point in US politics, but it was rather the sign at the top of the slope.

Larry Thurlow is such a shameless liar:

In newspaper interviews and a best-selling book, Larry Thurlow, who commanded a Navy Swift boat alongside Kerry in Vietnam, has strongly disputed Kerry’s claim that the Massachusetts Democrat’s boat came under fire during a mission in Viet Cong-controlled territory on March 13, 1969. Kerry won a Bronze Star for his actions that day.

But Thurlow’s military records, portions of which were released yesterday to The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act, contain several references to “enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire” directed at “all units” of the five-boat flotilla. Thurlow won his own Bronze Star that day, and the citation praises him for providing assistance to a damaged Swift boat “despite enemy bullets flying about him.”

re: #255 rwdflynavy

So he released his military records to clear his name right? No he didn’t. He broke his promise.

Like I said, deserved what he got.

Kerry’s citations were released along with Larry Thurlow’s, and they corroborate each other, you pig ignorant lying piece of trash.