I watched this on CSPAN. It was so good to see this group of people stand up for our military.
To have the reputation of our troops smeared, as it was, while brave men were fighting and dying is unpardonable. If Kerry had such strong views that the war was wrong, he had a right to speak up.The tactics he used was what was and still is wrong. Kerry is reponsible for the many Vietnamese deaths and the disintegration of truth so widely seen today. Kerry is not fit to tie the shoes of our military let alone lead them.

Pat:

I completely agree that Kerry had every right to speak out against the war, although one might argue that he had the right to do that while in uniform. I know my husband doesn't currently have that right as an officer - I've never been entirely sure what made Kerry sure he had that right.

Be that as it may, he did NOT have the right to lie about what went on over there. And he did know that what he was testifying to was a lie. He did not personally witness any of it - he's admitted that. If he was in country for 4 1/2 months and did not witness any atrocities, then his contention that atrocities occurred every single day, with full knowledge and consent of the chain of command fails on its face.

Kerry was not some poor, uneducated kid from the sticks - he was a rich Yale son of a Foreign Service officer who went to prep schools in Switzerland. He was an Officer. He knew better.

And frankly, even if he was deceived at the time, he found out later, when NIS investigated and not a single Winter Soldier would testify, that some of them were frauds and there was no evidence to back up his claims.

He had a clear duty, both as a US Senator and a Naval Officer in the Reserve, to set the record straight. He failed in this duty.

That makes him unfit to be President.