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ALL of it, including the Paris talks, WITH PRIDE that he had to right and responsibility to speak out in a free nation about a question of moral imperative.
And put it in the context of Iraq and Abu Graib today, that NO American should EVER be expected to apologize for speaking the truth, not even on the theory that it might hurt our soldiers' morale, because the RIGHT TO SPEAK THE TRUTH is what those soldiers are putting their lives on the line FOR.
Those who are demanding that he apologize are the ones who should be ashamed of themselves.
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Kerry, the Congressional Record, 1971:
"Mr. Kerry: Well, Senator, frankly it does not appeal to me if American men have to continue to die when they don't have to, particularly when it seems the Government of this country is more concerned with the legality of where men sleep than it is with the legality of where they drop bombs. (Applause.)...
...But at the present moment that is not going to happen, so we are talking about men continuing to die for nothing and I think there is a tremendous moral question here which the Congress of the United States is ignoring...
...But I think if we can talk in this legislative body about filibustering for porkbarrel programs, then we should start now to talk about filibustering for the saving of lives and of our country. (Applause.)
And this, Mr. Chairman, is what we are trying to convey."
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THAT'S a patriot, not these draft-dodging pseudo-patriots.
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