The Kerry remark just wasn't true. It was insulting to all of us who served and are serving in the military. It wouldn't have been such a big deal if his other past remarks didn't prove he meant it.
Except that he didn't say it about the military! Don't you get it? He IS military himself. He knows who the military are, and he supplied the original version, which is clearly speaking about Bush, to the press.
Although, for me, it is difficult envisioning why anyone who had other options would volunteer knowing that one in five return with a permanent disability of some sort and knowing what a large proportion of the US's homeless are veterans.
Please supply some samples of previous comments he has made (without using swift-boaters as a source) that lead you to believe he has such an attitude to the military.
DJC in Norwich, UK