Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Justice and closure for Vietnam Vets

In the big picture, I think the Swift Boat Vets are receiving some justice due them after thirty plus years. In the early 1970’s, John Kerry was the bane of their existence. He slandered them, he libeled them, he put their lives at risk with his behavior at home, and generally behaved in a manner that would have been deemed treasonous in previous eras of American History. Now that John Kerry has built an entire political career off of his behavior as a self absorbed member of the self absorbed wing of the Baby Boom generation, it is all coming around full circle. Veterans, after all these years, finally have a national forum at which to address their legitimate grievances against Kerry. The critical spotlight is finally on Kerry, and his actions of his youth are not standing up well to the light. I say hurrah to the vets, and I hope this helps offer them some closure to what was a difficult time in their lives-risking life and limb abroad, being spit upon and berated at home by their peers.

1 comment:

Jib said...

Dagney-I'm particularly partial to Irving Kristal's quote on those like us: A "conservative is a liberal who's been mugged by reality."