"NOYB" wrote
... Kerry applied to the draft board for a deferment to study in
Paris. When he was turned down, he enlisted in the Navy, with the idea
that
he'd be on a ship at sea somewhere and never have go to Vietnam.


Have any proof of that?


It's rather difficult to "prove" what somebody else was thinking... even
more difficult when it was 30+ years ago... almost as difficult as
proving that George Bush Jr. showed up for his ANG duty.

NOYB wrote:
Yes.

The Harvard Crimson newspaper followed a youthful Mr Kerry in Boston as he
campaigned for Congress for the first time in 1970. In the course of a
lengthy article, "John Kerry: A Navy Dove Runs for Congress", published on
February 18, the paper reported: "When he approached his draft board for
permission to study for a year in Paris, the draft board refused and Kerry
decided to enlist in the Navy."

How does this prove that he joined the Navy "with the idea he'd be on a
ship at sea somewhere and never have go to Vietnam." Odd how you
consider this article as "proof" when it doesn't even mention the concept.


The article was written on February 18th, 1970...so don't try to tell me
that it's just a partisan political attack.

Agreed. It's not any kind of attack. And thus, it utterly fails to prove
your point.

That Kerry applied for a deferment to study in Paris is not in dispute.
After all, Vice President Cheney applied for (and got) several similar
deferments.

Do you have some kind of mental problem linking cause and effect? It
must be relatively common among some types of people, for example those
who believe that they'd be better off becoming suicide bombers.

DSK