Maybe Kerry was a bad choice. Maybe not. In either case, his failure to live up to the idealized movie image of a naval officer in his twenties shouldn't have carried any decisive weight.

Exactly, lighter.

However, in addition it was proven that several of the "swiftboaters" DID lie oughtright.

The point is also that the military is like any other group of individuals: some extroadinary, most of the middling sort, and some really despicable.

Describing reality is hardly "defaming Veteran's memories".

Now Q, you never responded to the query about thinking that the Vietnam War and its casualties were things to make jokes about.