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Originally Posted by Seattleallstar
I'm still wondering why a Vietnam Vet would cut himself, because if you take the translation of what he said from the republican spinners standpoint he would be doing just that. I don't think he was refering to our men and women serving in the military, because in doing so he would only be talking about himself. He was rich, attended Yale, and still volunteered to join the military and went to war From then on he was a decorated war hero, in which his exploits were well documented and witnessed. He was saying if Bush would've made the most out of getting an education he would've not got us stuck in Iraq.
NUFFF SAID BIAACHES!!
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You need to read his quote again. I think what he said is very clear. He said that, "You know education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. and if you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."
I think the meaning is clear. The other possible meaning does not make sense. Do you honestly think he was saying that if you don't get a good education that you will end up being President and making bad decisions on Iraq? That's ridiculous. That's not what he was saying. He was saying that if you don't get educated you won't have many options in terms of career and you may end up in the military stuck in Iraq. That is clearly what he meant. He didn't mean that you would end up being President and keeping us in Iraq. That doesn't make sense.
Kerry has a history of putting his foot in his mouth when it comes to the military. His past comments have nade it clear that he thinks that if there is no draft that the military is for poor people and minorities. He was quoted in the 1970s as saying, "I am convinced a volunteer army would be an army of the poor and the black and the brown." He obviously has no clue that plenty of educated people join the military by choice.