That's what congressmen do, of course - defend their home states' economic interests. The syndrome returns Medal of Honor winner and former Sen. Bob Kerrey, joined by five members of the Navy Seal team sent into a free-fire zone in South Vietnam for the purpose of killing Vietcong communist leaders, asserts that they were returning enemy fire on that dark night 32 years ago. To their lifelong dismay, their blazing response killed civilians of all ages. I've been sick for 10 years. So I found myself on Friday in the Cobra Reading Room on the Web.
War is hell.
We hear these words in daily conversation, but only those who have seen combat can truly understand their full and brutal meaning.