# New SBVFT ad -- will we never put Vietnam behind us? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 3, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-sbvft-ad-will-we-never-put-vietnam-behind-us/263037 "2004-09-03T22:48:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-sbvft-ad-will-we-never-put-vietnam-behind-us/263037/17 "2004-09-04T01:16:12Z")
I am dismayed by this tactic. Kerry’s record as a Senator is fair game. But Kerry’s testimony to Congress is not. The man went over there in uniform, in a place where people were shooting at him. He did his duty. If ANYONE is entitled to come home and speak to lawmakers about the wisdom of our Vietnam policy, it’s a guy like John Kerry. He EARNED THE RIGHT. I’m not talking about his medals - I’m talking about wearing the uniform and being in the jungle. I don’t care if it was for four days or four weeks or four months or four years. He did his job. He didn’t portest and dodge a draft. He didn’t defer. He didn’t join the Coasties. He put on the uniform and did his freakin job. That’s it, as far as I am concerned. Case closed. - Rick (No disrespect intended to the brave men and women of the Coast Guard – they had a necessary job and some of them did get activated in sent to 'Nam. And no disrespect intended to the recipients of deferments – they were there for a reason and those were the rules. It was perfectly honorable to take a deferment or wear a CG uniform.) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-sbvft-ad-will-we-never-put-vietnam-behind-us/263037)._