Ben Barnes Coming Clean

From what I’ve read thus far, whenever Mr. Barnes has spoken on this subject, there’s been full-disclosure. I’m certain that 60 Minutes will mention that Mr. Barnes is a supporter of Mr. Kerry. This fact, I belive, should not negate Mr. Barnes remorse over getting the sons of the well connected out of Vietnam; while those less fortunate, over 55,000 of them, lost their lives in that war. At a public rally, for Mr. Kerry, Mr. Barnes said:

“It was the worst thing I did, was help a lot of wealthy supporters and a lot of people who had family names of importance get into the National Guard. And I’m very sorry of that and I’m very ashamed, and I apologize to you as the voters of Texas.”

To read the quote and for more background on how Mr. Barnes’ story came to the foreground, see this article.

I’d like to belive that as Mr. Barnes comes into the twilight of his life, he’s taking stock of his deeds and is making peace with his conscious; because, as Mr. Barnes alludes, for every young man he kept out of Vietnam, another one went in his place, and many of them did not return.

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P.S. For those of you that have followed my posts, you know that I keep a close watch on our military fatality count in Iraq — which, to me, is the Vietnam of my generation. Sadly, the fatality count now stands at 1,004 — some 4 weeks ago, the figure was 932.

By the way, there are some currently serving military personnel that also question the Iraq war, they can be found at Operation Truth. (Perhaps, someday, they too will be attacked and vilified, as Mr. Kerry has, for questioning the Vietnam of our generation.)