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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Except you know that to a large extent, Kerry is right.
There are the exceptions - himself being one as the so-called American Patrician class who did well in school and high circles, could have avoided draft, yet still volunteered, fought, and killed in Vietnam to serve his country.
But there are also a much greater percentage of people that don't make it in the school system, community colleges, etc. and end up going into the Army
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He was hemming and hawing about it today and saying that wasn't the message. He meant that if young people don't do well and act smart the country ends up in a dumb war like Iraq.
Coming from a combat veteran he should get the benefit of the doubt. He admitted that it came out wrong.