John Kerry actually said...

I fought in a mistake called Vietnam. How are we going to have confidence that you're not going to vote in a war and peace issue for another mistake?

Kerry references his experience in Vietnam to question the judgment of his opponent regarding military decisions.

09/29/2004

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I do not believe that martial law... is the step that the Indonesian government should have taken.

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