I read an article on Information Clearinghouse in which the following quotes are cited from John Kerry's book,
A Call to Service: My Vision for A Better America. I think they're worth noting and discussing. Note that the bolding is mine:
"I could never agree with those in the antiwar movement who dismissed our troops as war criminals or our country as the villain in the drama. That's one reason, in fact, that I eventually parted ways with the VVAW [Vietnam Veterans Against the War] organizations and instead helped found the Vietnam Veterans of America." We weren't the villains in the Vietnam War? Love to hear some opinions on this...
And: "As a veteran of both the Vietnam War and the Vietnam protest movement, I say to both conservative and liberal misinterpretations of that war that it's time to get over it and recognize it as an exception, not as a ruling example, of the U.S. military engagements of the twentieth century. If those of us who carried the physical and emotional burdens of that conflict can regain perspective and move on, so can those whose involvement was vicarious or who knew nothing of the war other than ideology and legend."
So, apparently, Kerry believes that Vietnam was the only war in which the US was involved that was an abberation. In addition, he encourages those of us who disagree to "get over it". Oh yeah, I know that---other than that abberation in Vietnam---I was very proud of my country when we invaded Grenada and Panama, and felt that Democracy and my family were much safer. So, is it just me? Or are these statements just a little disturbing? Or is Kerry, as he is wont to do, just trying to play two sides of an issue?