LOL, that's a good one, "war hero!!" If he's a war hero then I'm a doorgunner on the space shuttle.

Jennifer Martinez sends

I think you may be making a wrong assumption. The public's continuing interest in the Vietnam War, including the MyLai incident, has been around quite a few years longer than John Kerry's presidential candidacy. Why do you insist on linking the two?

And, as far as MyLai being an isolated incident, please spend some time reading testimony from the April 1971 Vietnam War Crimes Hearings in Congress. And, in case you are tempted to assume only Vietnam Veterans Against the War testified, know that several of those who came forward were graduates of West Point who went on to serve as officers in Vietnam. From their testimony you learn that they were often shocked at what they witnessed in Vietnam.

Sarah there is always an historical interest in wars. Even those fought centuries ago. Don't confuse this with the renewed interest spurred by John Kerry. The man made his name on being anti-war. Yet he wants it both ways as usual.

He wants to claim he hates war, that whether you served in Vietnam doesn't matter (from Clinton's presidential run) and he wants to claim that service DOES matter in the case of himself and Mr. Bush. So which is it?

As for the supposed continual atrocities that occured in Vietnam - it's amazing what an anti-war media can feed to the people. There was no other source to acquire information back then. And even Congressional inquiries are not always to be trusted especially not when public opinion is so strongly against a war like it was in the Vietnam era.

Were there war crimes? I'm sure there were - there always are in wars. But they were NEVER the norm. EVER. That was the press in their heyday pushing their agenda with no one to contradict them. If you believe they were the norm, then you it follows that you believe that EVERY Vietnam Vet you meet participated. Now there's a stunning thought.