I give credit to all who served. I give respect to all that were in a combat theater. Gore was told to go and he went. A nation can not ask more than that.
Did he have the same chance as dieing as a grunt ... no. But that was not his job either.
Lets not disparage those who did go and reserve our our comments to those that claim to go but did not and those that claim awards they did not earn.
Gore’s father was a Senator. McCain’s father was an Admiral, and that could have gotten him released from a tortuous VC prison, except for his sense of honor. I am no fan of McCain but he, at least, had honor. Gore, sir, had no honor. His behavior was not as despicable as Kerry’s, but without honor all the same.
He had a cushy job, in a secure base, with a bodyguard, and got out earlier than early release.
Gore’s father was a Senator. McCain’s father was an Admiral, and that could have gotten him released from a tortuous VC prison, except for his sense of honor. I am no fan of McCain but he, at least, had honor. Gore, sir, had no honor. His behavior was not as despicable as Kerry’s, but without honor all the same.
He had a cushy job, in a secure base, with a bodyguard, and got out earlier than early release.