If you've missed the news, John Kerry is in yet another controversy. The gist of the issue is that he threw medals he earned away as a form of protest against the Vietnam War. We all know that Kerry is a Vietnam vet and that he fought bravely. Most of us also know that he was a war protester. The problem is that while he was so disgusted by his service the vietnam war in the 70s he's now pleased about it. Let me expand a little on what I'm thinking.
Medals are given to soldiers for things that they have done in service. In Kerry's case he was awarded medals for bravery and for being injured in the line of duty. Those medals were a way of the U.S. Navy along with the greater U.S. saying that they were proud of Kerry for what he had done and sacrificed in Vietnam. By throwing away his medals (or was it his ribbons or was it somebody else's medals etc...) he was saying that he was not proud of what he had done and that his sacrifice was in some way bad. In essence he was spitting in the face of the U.S. Navy, along with the greater U.S..
Now we come to the presidential election of 2004 where J.F. Kerry is almost everyday mentioning his service in Vietnam. Today he is so proud of his service and his sacrifices in Vietnam. How can it be both ways? Perhaps throwing out the medals was the actions of an impulsive young man. But those medals seem to indicate that he wasn't impulsive and that he was a stable, thoughtful person. I think the answer lies not in his temperament, but in his need to be recognized. I think he is the nations most boring exhibitionist. He does what ever it takes to get the attention of a crowd. In 1971 it was throwing away his medals, in 2004 it's boasting about his Vietnam record. I personally don't want an exhibitionist as a president, but then again maybe that's just me.
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