From: "Gary Britt" 

"John Beamish"  wrote in
message news:412cbd93{at}w3.nls.net...
> Your comments are despicable.
>
> To think that an unsubstantiated "according to expert ex-military
> commentators" is sufficient support for your position eliminates any
> remaining credibility you may have with me and, I wouldn't be surprised,
> with other readers in this newsgroup.

Off the meds are we.  A little excitable aren't we.  There is nothing wrong
with what I wrote.  I a Canadian socialist has a problem with it.  Then
you'll just have to have a problem.

>
> God knows how much I detest the actions of the US Military but for you to
> sit there and glibly categorize the distribution of medals is beyond
> comprehension.

*I* didn't categorize anything.  It was the ex-military commentators that
did the categorizing, if there was any.


> You owe a lot of people a sincere apology.

OK, tell all the mounties to get off the moose and listen up.  John Says I
owe you an apology.  I have no idea why, but ....   er .... well ..... 
fuck
it just go back to the moose..

>Your equating of
> bravery with medals awarded

I don't believe I did this.  I certainly didn't write this.  What I wrote
was according to ex-military experts that I have seen comment on the issue.
Experts that spent their entire careers in the military and personally
fought in many wars and actions spanning decades, they say officers get
bronze stars and silver stars easier than enlisted men.  They say medals
were handed out a lot more freely in Vietnam than they were in other wars
as a means to try and keep morale up in face of the John Kerry's of the
world sliming and smearing them all the time as baby killers.  These are
the facts if you don't like them, I don't care.


Gary

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