[Polybius]

Got it - the only ones who can spit on a veteren is another vetren.

Surely you can come up with a better strawman arguement than that, Destro.

Benedict Arnorld, Timothy McVeigh, Eddie Slovik and William Calley were all veterans.

By your strawman criteria, a criticism of Calley's war crimes, a criticism of Slovik's cowardice and a criticism of Arnold's treason would all qualify as "spitting on a veteran".

Have you ever considered that every individual's military record is unique and that the mere fact that one is a veteran does not automatically confer sainthood upon the individual nor immunity from an objective analysis of his military record?

Why don't you try to at least attempt to make your points by arguing the facts instead of confining your debate to throwing out silly strawmen?

[Destro]

I don't think it is smart politics or of good taste to attack Kerry's service record. Maybe it would be smart politics to attack Kerry's record if Bush's record of service was more inspiring but attacking Kerry's war record forces a comparison and that comparison makes Bush look lesser in weight. So to offset this a segment has decided to also lesson Kerry's military contribution - belittle it and denigrate it so that his war record can be besmirched and thus not used against Bush - so this side hopes.

I want no part in such policies. Thankfully for my continued support, so far such an attack is not directed by the Bush campaign because Bush unlike many on the cretins on this forum has too much class to do such a thing.