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McNamara continued to just follow orders even after he’d privately concluded that the Vietnam War could not be won. He also lied repeatedly to Congress about the war. Owing to some absurd genteel code (apparently known only to himself), McNamara argues today that it’s “irresponsible for an ex-Secretary of Defense to comment…about a president who is in the midst of war… ” But even this is a prevarication. At the Kennedy School, McNamara made no secret of his disapproval of President Bush?...
Just when it looked like Senator John Kerry?s so-called Band of Brothers were unified in vouching for his leadership in Vietnam there is suddenly a lone ripple of dissent in the ranks. ?What can I say?? Kerry said when told that a former crewmate had unpleasant memories of him as his commanding officer. ?I?ll take nine out of ten testimonies anytime...
...When writing my book Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War (William Morrow & Company) I interviewed all of Kerry?s crewmates-all that is, except Gardner. They came from mid-size towns scattered across America including Kankakee, Illinois, and Ames, Iowa and Columbia, South Carolina. When first approached for interviews in late 2002 these Navy veterans told me they would enthusiastically campaign for their old skipper if he ever decided to run for president; they?ve lived up to their promise. Whether it?s PCF-94?s Chief Petty Officer Del Sandusky talking about Kerry?s undaunted courage...
...TIME/CNN Poll revealed that 60% of voters thought John Kerry "did his duty ... during the Vietnam War." It is an insult that only 60% considered that a man who earned three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Silver Star during his months of combat in Vietnam served his country. Who are the 40% who didn't think Kerry did his duty? They probably believe that flying a desk in Alabama constituted honorable service. KEN SCHAETZLE Alexandria...
...others cut very close to the bone. In this campaign we have already been buffeted by exceedingly powerful social and political images--men kissing other men on the steps of San Francisco's city hall, Saddam being pulled from a hole, John Kerry hugging a man he saved in Vietnam, Janet Jackson's exposed breast at the Super Bowl, George W. Bush prancing prematurely in his flight suit, Howard Dean screaming, Bush bringing turkey to the troops. The chaotic rush of images--and the President's constant invocation of incendiary words like war and evil--suggests a portentous, emotional year...