Don't argue the point with me. Take it up with the Vietnam veterans. I'm not one.

BTW, as far as "volunteering to fight a war:"

Kerry enlisted in the Naval Reserves, after being turned down for a deferment to a school in Paris. He was sent to Vietnam.

He spent some months at sea, and then signed up for swift boat duty, under the impression that it would not be dangerous. Unfortunately, it turned out to be.

He deserves the credit any military man does for signing up. Everyone who signs up risks being sent to combat. He also deserves credit for doing his duty in combat once he was there, although stories vary on how well he did it.

But let's not keep up the pretense that John "Wayne" Kerry ran straight for the danger. It isn't true.