"In a real sense, this administration forced us to return our medals because beyond the perversion of the war, these leaders themselves denied us the integrity those symbols supposedly gave our lives,"

This story is incomprehensible. It's a

"right wing fiction"

A "myth"

He "didn't throw them away"

He "gave them back"

He "never ever implied that I did it"

He "was always was proud of them"

He "had only thrown away his "ribbons" and the medals of two other veterans who could not attend the protest."

This is almost as tough as figuring out the war records jumble, which troubled me so much the other night that I had to go to bed. I couldn't tell whether he was active or reserve, whether they sponsored him to leave active duty, whether he did switch to reserve duty, or how long it lasted....

What did Kerry throw, and why did he throw and was he proud then or is he proud now is more than I can ascertain.

Only the mythologizers know for sure.

I wonder what the Inky will say!