On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:18:44 -0600, thunder wrote:

On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:51:39 -0500, John H wrote:


Find a lie and post it!

"Cleland lost three limbs in an accident during a routine non-combat
mission where he was about to drink beer with friends. He saw a grenade
on the ground and picked it up. He could have done that at Fort Dix. ...
Luckily for Cleland's political career and current pomposity about Bush,
he happened to do it while in Vietnam. ...

"Cleland ... didn't 'give his limbs for his country,' or leave them 'on
the battlefield.' There was no bravery involved in dropping a grenade on
himself with no enemy troops in sight."

Ann Coulter talking about triple amputee Max Cleland. The "non-combat"
mission was at Khe Sanh, April 8, 1968. Do you really think he was about
to go "drink beer with friends."

Why not? You don't think they had beer in Key Sanh in April of 1968? Trust
me, if they had helicopters flying, they had beer. I recall nothing about
flight restrictions.

From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Cleland

" On April 8, with a month left in his tour, Cleland was ordered to set
up a radio relay station on a nearby hill. A helicopter flew him and two
soldiers to the treeless top of Hill 471, east of Khe Sanh. Cleland knew
some of the soldiers camped there from Operation Pegasus. He told the pilot
he was going to stay a while. Maybe have a few beers with friends.

When the helicopter landed, Cleland jumped out, followed by the two
soldiers. They ducked beneath the rotors and turned to watch the liftoff.
Cleland reached down to pick up the grenade he believed had popped off his
flak jacket. The blast slammed him backward, shredding both his legs and
one arm. He was 25 years old... "

Besides, by March of '68 the battle was all but over. The Marine Regiment
was replaced in April, indicating things were pretty much back to 'normal'
- indicating that beer was around!
--
John H

* I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it. *