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...What Makes a President? In "Medals Don't Make A President," Charles Krauthammer argued against the apparent Democratic logic that a decorated military man is capable of wise leadership as President [Feb. 23]. The biggest mistake made in Vietnam was to continue the war as President Lyndon B. Johnson did. But Kerry's calling the Vietnam War "Nixon's war" can be justified. Richard Nixon was a cold warrior. He didn't want to lose in Vietnam, and he ordered the secret bombings of Laos and Cambodia. Wong Chun Han Singapore...
...valid to note that having war medals is no guarantee of achieving a successful presidency, but Krauthammer missed one relevant point: the use and misuse of power and privilege to extract special treatment. That is how Bush managed to escape serving in Vietnam. The debate is not about the relevance of war experience or military medals; it is about character and moral values. Krauthammer did a good job of defending Bush's background, but that was not good enough. That Bush is flawed as a human being is clear from his use of his father's position to get special...
...Krauthammer missed the point. It is whether Bush, because of his privileged background, was given a soft posting while others were sent to Vietnam and whether he failed to serve his country fully. It is fine for a President to talk about patriotism and land on aircraft-carrier decks, but it is not so good for that same President to appear to have had a different standard when it was his turn to serve his country. Mahomed Ladha London...
...Kerry fought in Vietnam in the 1960s. That was a valuable experience, because it gave him an understanding of the suffering, pain, brutality and injustice of war. And now Kerry may be more careful and reluctant to declare war on countries that don't fit into the American view of the world. That would be a blessing for us all! Kim Sae Yung Seoul...
...police are investigating reports that he jumped off the Staten Island ferry. Born in Rhode Island, he moved to New York to join an experimental theater troupe after his mother's suicide in 1967. Starting in the 1980s, he created stage monologues on topics as diverse as the Vietnam War (Swimming to Cambodia in 1984) and his own writing (Monster in a Box, 1992), both of which later became films. By the late 1990s, his pieces had become less dark and cynical as he settled into fatherhood and daily yoga on Long Island, but a 2001 car accident fractured...