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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
1 John Kerry, as President, won't actually fight. So, who is personally braver isn't really that big an issue. Maybe you could say his time in combat gives him some insights that would be valuable in making decisions re. the troops, but frankly that level of decision is probably below the Preident.
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All else equal, I'd much rather have a President who has been there and knows what it's like.
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2 John Kerry's Vietnam service doesn't seem like it was actually driven by a sense of duty.
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The Columbia Journalism Review just ran a story about how when Kerry was being considered for VP by Gore in 2000, the major media ran all these stories about his charisma and good looks. Four years later, he's been hit with the Ugly Stick. I personally was never fond of the guy, but it's so clear that those of you who are laboring hard to find something wrong with his Vietnam service wouldn't bother if he was, say, a Republican.
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3 What is important to me is that the President make decisions based opon what should happen and stick to those decisons.
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Impressively put, except that we're talking about Fallujah, where he talked tough and then waffled. Big words about how they'd hold the murderers of those SEALs responsible, and then they back off and turn the city over to an Iraqi brigade run by an ex-Baathist and with its ranks full of the people who were shooting at the Marines days earlier. Or haven't you noticed that the people who killed those contractors and desecrecated their bodies have never been "brought to justice," as Bush might say?
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4 Falu(?) can be handled by being isolated, can't it? Over time, might not that be the better decision than killing tons of people good/bad now?
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"Handled" in the sense of managing the November election? Yes. Might it be better not to level the city? Sure. As Hello remembers, I already said that. But then enough with the tough-guy bluster.
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5 If aliens invade, like in Independance Day, then who is braver for battle matters. Maybe then we'd be better with JFK, but remember W is the fighter pilot.
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Unless we're fighting them with boats. The aliens might be smart enough to see that movie, adjust, and try something nautical.
