"If a decorated firefighter becomes an arsonist, is he still considered a hero?
If a dedicated FBI agent leaves his agency, then attacks it – and becomes a professional witness for the defense - is he still a “hero?”
The answers are obvious to any common sense person.
But, if a Vietnam-era soldier comes home, blasts his country, gives aid and comfort to our enemies, and tosses his war medals over the White House fence – in this unique circumstance – then he’s apparently still a hero in the minds of many, including the mainstream media."
Hmmmmm. So let me see if I follow the logic here. Kerry served with distinction in Vietnam and then after leaving the service protested against it. This is equivelant to an FBI agent leaving his agency and becoming a witness for the defense.
Well, I'd buy that. I mean let's consider why the FBI agent might have left the agency. If he goes to work for the defense, is it possible that he's found holes in FBI cases that the agency refused to address? Yes it's possible; it may even be likely. So this poor FBI Agent decided he had to leave a system he believed had become unjust and work for people he knew to be wrongfully accused (perhaps in Mr. Aldrich's America, nobody is falsely accused).
By the same token, Senator Kerry apparently returned from Vietnam and believed that the war was unjust. So he began protesting against it. One might consider that his patriotic duty.
The problem for Mr. Aldrich is that they haven't successfully rewritten history quite yet. I mean they would like us to remember Vietnam as a just war unjustly protested by drugged out hippies and communists. But they aren't there just yet. The pictures are still in our national memory.
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