Okay, here's what pisses me off about these Swift Boat Veterans for "Truth" and all these opportunists who (mis)use John Kerry's words at the 1971 Senate Committe on Foreign Relations meeting.

Do they not understand that he was speaking on behalf of a large organization of vets, the Vietnam Veterans Against the War? I mean, he wasn't saying that he personally saw all the war crimes he mentioned, he was sharing things he'd been told by other vets at the Winter Soldier Investigation. It's ridiculous that no one seems to make this distinction...so these guys who were also in swift boats are trying to make us believe just because THEY didn't commit war crimes, no one did. That's insane! If any thinking person would read the transcript of Kerry's testimony they'd get a more balanced opinion of what was actually said at the meeting.

And to be honest, I CAN totally believe what these vets say happened. Vietnam was a horrific war, I don't think anyone has ever disputed that fact. No one, except maybe these swift boat veterans, has forgotten My Lai. It's obvious we did atrocious things over there. I can't believe how some in this country still want to idealize war and make it some glamorous undertaking. It ain't. John Kerry was only bringing home that point in 1971.

And please, read the transcript. I heart John Kerry even more now after reading it.