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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
I'll skip the other 4 simultaneous *debates* we're having and even bow out. Your efforts are needed by the 15% of the electorate that switched choices in the last few weeks. As for Dole's injuries and his purple hearts, I'd be offended if:
1.) During WWII, Dole did not, and was not supposed to, receive a Purple Heart under such circumstances (i.e., self-inflicted, while not under enemy fire);
2.) Dole tied his injuries to Purple Hearts he received under other circumstances. (i.e., I'm a wounded veteran who received three purple hearts and I carry injurious shrapnel around with me); and
3.) The only shrapnel Dole carried around was from his own grenade.
As it is, 1.) Dole did, and was supposed to, receive a Purple Heart for his circumstances. Maybe the rules changed later. 2.) and 3.) Dole doesn't need to tie his self-inflicted injuries to medals. He's got some obvious wounds that were not self-inflicted.
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I have a hard time believing that what offends you is the possible discrepancy between Kerry's Purple Heart and the governing Army regulations, especially since you don't seem to be galled by Bush's casual disregard for several different provisions ostensibly governing his National Guard service. Dole's point was that minor injuries -- and not just the more severe injuries he later received -- routinely brought Purple Hearts, a fact of life that doesn't seem to have troubled you or anyone else until the recipient in question was a Democratic candidate for President.
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On another note, who is saying Kerry was in Cambodia later?
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Inter alia, Brinkley, based on Kerry's diary.
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And on yet another note, is there a good summary of what Bush lied about for his N.G. service? I haven't even been able to keep up with the outstanding allegations.
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Kevin Drum has done a fairly good job of keeping up with the major developments.
