Originally posted by Unknown Target
And he also recieved two purple hearts and commanded a PT boat during Vietnam. Much better than smoking pot and going AWOL, don't you think?
Except for, you know...the whole killing bit.
Originally posted by nuclear1
Kerry got a D in PS, and at best, an 89 in the same.
And I do not consider a "top-notch politician" someone who votes to reduce the US military to spitballs and then categorically deny and/or change his stance on that issue.
That's all.
Do you realize that US military spending accounts for half of the entire world's military budget? Half. No one could possibly reduce the US military "to spitballs" if they tried. Hell, you could stop spending money today, and in 30 years it would still be the most powerful.
Unless you have it on good authority that Russia, China, Egypt, India, Brazil, Israel, North Korea, Britain, Japan, Germany, Mexico, France, Iran, Turkey, Argentina, Poland, Canada, Venezuela, Syria, South Africa, South Korea and Australia are all going to attack at once, don't talk to me about the poor, underfunded military.