Peter Aitken wrote:
> "Larry Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>>Pan Ohco (I believe) wrote:
>>>Did Kerry spend any time in hospital with his three Purple Hearts?
>>Don't know about the second and third but the definitive answer
>>to the first is: NO. It was a non-penetrating shrapnel wound that
>>was dressed with bacitracin. He never even saw a real doctor,
>>never mind the inside of a hospital, and he, himself, applied
>>for the purple heart. It was granted under his assurance that
>>his wound - though "possibly self-inflicted" - was gained under
>>enemy fire. Enemy fire that neither of the two men in the boat
>>with him will swear was present.
>
> Perhaps you would like to explain how a sharpnel wound can be "self
> inflicted." Let's see, he set off a hand grenade and stood next to it?

Beats the hell out of me, I'm repeating what was in the
report. Note that a "shrapnel" wound does not need to be
caused by "official shrapnel" - any type of flying object
with enough kinetic energy will do that job - it does not
take a hand grenade. I'm guessing perhaps a spent shell
casing being ejected somewhere on the boat that he got in
front of. Since he was a trained officer who should have
known where such shells could go, I expect that it would
not be unreasonable to ajudge that "self-inflicted". But
for all I know, yeah, maybe he did blow himself up with a
hand grenade. I've seen liberals do stupider things.
Often.

> While Kerry was serving his country and risking his life, Shrubby was AWOL
> and drinking beer. Guess who larry thinks is the better commander in chief?
> God, some people are sooooo stupid (yes larry I am talking about you).

There's one now...

Peter, your immaturity in these threads is legendary.
Frankly, I'd be a lot more worried if you _didn't_ think
I was stupid.

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