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p> LEFT BEHIND br> Re: John Corry's AWOL on MIAs : /p> p>Truer words were never spoken. In the haste to leave a miserable war behind, we left good men to die in the hands of an enemy who cared little for human life, and even less for American lives. I wear a bracelet to this day of one of the missing: Major Hugh M. Fanning from Fort Worth, Texas, MIA since October 31, 1967. Whether later generations know it or not, the POWs and MIAs left behind will forever be a blemish on America and our government. br> -- Mike Webster br> Dallas, Texas /p>

John Corry in the above article wrote that John Kerry was an authentic Vietnam War hero. I suppose this statement is based on the number of medals and purple hearts Mr. Kerry obtained in just from months of active duty. Doesn't this make John Kerry the greatest warrior of all time? He wants voters to believe what a hero he was and that he will be a better Commander-in-Chief than an AWOL Bush. So why isn't he releasing his records so that we can decide what kind of a hero he really was? Does it not occur to people that it seems strange that someone who brags so much about his war experience is steadfastly refusing to divulge his military records. Perhaps he is not what he wants people to believe. Bush did so amid the hue and cry over his Air National Guard days. Selecting the president of the United states is serious business. Voters should have all the information to make a sound and proper judgment. Thus if John Kerry thinks he will make America safer than Bush can, please invite him to yield his military records for the people to decide. The threat to America will not end with the capture or death of Osama bin Laden. There are many more Osamas in the pipeline and the daily casualties in Iraq is pointing to it.

I hope The American Spectator will take a lead in calling for John Kerry to open up his records so we can judge whether our safety will be in cool hands.

p>Thank you. br> --

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