posted by bfaul
The veterans of the Swift boats in Vietnam are dismayed at the ugly connotations that have become associated with the now common term "swift boating".
They feel that it is unfair that the term is now most often associated with a political sliming tactic that most regard as despicable and underhanded.
I hope they put the blame where it properly belongs. Those people who chose to cynically use their standing as vets to disparage another vet's service record for purely political reasons have transformed the term into something that is abhorrent and disreputable. It is ironic that the end result of their actions was to place an ugly stain on the name of all Swift boat veterans that will not easily be washed away. I feel for most them, I really do. Think of how profoundly annoying it must be to be one of those who served on the Swift boats but never approved of what this small group of political hacks did. They may not have wanted any part of "Swift boat veterans for truth", and yet they have to put up with the mortification of seeing the very name of the branch of service they are so proud of become a term for dishonorable behaviour.
Much to his credit, McCain disapproved and disavowed what the swift boaters did at the time that they did it. Of course, who knows, by now he may have changed his mind about that too.
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