DOES VIETNAM MATTER? Some perspective:

Vietnam doesn’t matter. Vietnam was almost 40 years ago. Some will argue that if what the Swiftboat Vets say is true, then that reflects poorly on Kerry’s character. Personally, I can’t hold something from that long ago when he was a young man in difficult times against him. It says a lot more about his character to me that he made such an issue of his service in the first place. What really matters, though, is that the war on terror is right here and now. I don’t care if Bush was a slacker national guardsman or if Kerry was a war hero (or not). I care about how we are going to fight this current war.

Indeed.