Calif Bill wrote:
"jps" wrote in message
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"Joe Parsons" wrote in message
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On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 14:20:52 -0800, "jps" wrote:

"JohnH" wrote in message
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Yes, I was there. Yes, I was wounded. Yes, I was awarded a Purple
Heart.
No, not
baseless rhetoric.

So, what you're saying is that your Purple Heart was based on stupidity
or
coincidence so everyone else's must've been too.

A Purple Heart is based on only one thing: being wounded in action while
serving
as a member of the U.S. Armed Services.

So all one can reliably conclude is that the recipient of a Purple Heart
served
on active duty, saw some sort of action and was wounded.

I don't think it takes a genius to agree that a serviceperson (awkward
inclusive
language!) can get wounded as severely while doing something smart and
brave as
they can doing something stupid and not-so-brave. Either situation
meets
the
criteria for the Purple Heart.

Kerry requested the transfer just days after a March 13, 1969 incident for
which he was awarded a Bronze Star. Kerry, while under fire, rescued a
Green
Beret who had fallen overboard. Kerry had been wounded just moments
earlier
when a mine detonated near his "swift boat," the small vessels that made
forays into the Mekong River delta.

"The man was receiving sniper fire from both banks," according to Kerry's
Bronze Star citation. "Lt. Kerry directed his gunners to provide
suppressing
fire, while from an exposed position on the bow, his arm bleeding and in
pain, with disregard for his personal safety, he pulled the man aboard."



Doesn't sound accidental that Kerry was awarded three Purple Hearts and a
Bronze Star.



Purple hearts and Medals do not make a person presidential material.

But in your mind, skipping out on the last year of duty in the Texas Air
National Guard qualifies you if you are Dubya the Chimp?

I don't believe "military service" qualifies or disqualifies anyone for
political office. Some who serve in the military are able to develop or
improve existing skills that might be important later in life. Many
others do not.

Look at who we have in the White House now. A dull, inarticulate moron,
a boozing, coke-snorting frat boy whose life was fed to him on a silver
spoon. Obviously, to Boobus Americanus, there are no significant
qualifications one must have to hold higher office.