The complete version of John Kerry's tome "The New Soldier" is available online here. The cover alone should be enough to give you pause, but here are a few quotes from the man who would be president:
In JOHN KERRY's own words: "And so a New Soldier has returned to America, to a nation torn apart by the killing we were asked to do. But, unlike veterans of other wars and some of this one, the New Soldier does not accept the old myths. We will not quickly join those who march on Veteran's Day waving small flags, calling to memory those thousands who died for the "greater glory of the United States"." "We will not readily join the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars...." "We will not uphold traditions which decorously memorialize that which was base and grim"
In fairness to Kerry, he didn't say "We will not shamelessly exploit our military records for political purposes, going so far as to snap off a salute when we accept our party's nomination for president."
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