# Swift Boat Vets Site - seems phony **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 27, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swift-boat-vets-site-seems-phony/261871 "2004-08-27T23:31:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 75
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swift-boat-vets-site-seems-phony/261871/75 "2004-08-29T22:40:14Z")
Here’s my general take: with all due respect to the Swift Boat VfT, I think the fact that a man wears the uniform of his country into a combat zone is admirable, period. I further think that when a man is awarded a Bronze Star and a Silver Star, and these awards go unquestioned for years, someone seeking to undermine the validity of those awards bears a heavy burden. I don’t say it’s impossible, but I do think it’s an uphill climb, and the VfT have not, in my view, come close to shouldering that burden. Mr. Kerry is a war hero. I don’t much like his approach to the war after his return to this country, but, damnit, a guy who put his ass on the line in Indochina is certainly entitled to voice a contrary opinion after the fact. I also don’t much like Mr. Kerry’s subsequent Senate record, but that has nothing to do with the fact that the man did time in-country, earned ribbons, and deserves praise and honor for that fact. - Rick --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swift-boat-vets-site-seems-phony/261871)._