Kerry's war didn't end in the Mekong
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1266305,00.html
Tarred as a flip-flopper by Bush, he hasn't wavered since Vietnam
Sidney Blumenthal
Thursday July 22, 2004
The Guardian
John Kerry's political education is far deeper than that of senators
who have merely legislated. He has journeyed to the heart of darkness
many times and emerged to tell the tale. It was not simply that
Kerry's commander in Vietnam was the model of the blood-thirsty
bombastic colonel in Apocalypse Now. Kerry's combat experience didn't
end in the Mekong, but moved into the dangerous realm of high
politics. From his first appearance on the public stage, giving voice
as a decorated officer to the anti-war disillusionment of Vietnam
veterans, when Richard Nixon and his dirty-tricks crew targeted him,
he has uncovered cancers on the presidency. This is why the Bush
administration fears him. He has explored the dark recesses of
contemporary history, often without political reward. Tarred as a
"flip flopper" by Bush's $85m TV ad campaign, Kerry in fact is one of
the most consistent politicians of his generation.
Sidney Blumenthal
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John Kerry
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