[extropy-chat] moveon.org

[David Lubkin]

Mike Lorrey wrote:

 >Only people with no military experience are impressed with
 >Kerry's war record, according to polls, i.e. the people with the least
 >basis for an objective informed opinion.

to which Brent Neal retorted:

>Except for, apparently, the men who actually served -with- him. Says a 
>lot, doesn't it. Or do they have the "least basis for an objective opinion."

As I posted on 8/15,

>Those who praise him were his subordinates. Those who damn him were his 
>peers and superiors (up to Admiral Zumwalt). To some extent, the peers 
>were present at the same events as the subordinates, literally a few feet 
>away. Overall, they would provide data and judgments on different aspects 
>of his performance than subordinates would.


-- David Lubkin.