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I'd like to know how some of you republicans feel about the whole Swift Boat thing, because technically it trashes on half the armed forces.
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To clarify this issue, purple hearts cannot be awarded for broken ankles received in the course of a basketball game. They must be awarded for injuries that were the direct result of hostile action by the enemy.
The issue with Kerry is this. There has been some questioning of whether he qualified for some of his purple hearts. I see two issues with Kerry's purple hearts. First, he put himself in for atleast one of the purple hearts, which is okay, but when there is a policy that three of them gets you an early out, it seems like it deserves a bit of scrutiny, especially since he chose to tout his 3 purple hearts as an accomplishment.
I will also point out again that he tossed those medals (whether they were his personally is irrelevant) away like trash in an effort to make some kind of public statement.
For what its worth, there is no policy that allows you to get out of Iraq with 3 purple hearts.
Remember the real issue is what Kerry did when he returned from Vietnam, not while he was there.