Ann Coulter has a follow-up to last week’s article on Max Cleland:
It is simply a fact that Max Cleland was not injured by enemy fire in Vietnam. He was not in combat, he was not – as Al Hunt claimed – on a reconnaissance mission, and he was not in the battle of Khe Sanh, as many others have implied. He picked up an American grenade on a routine noncombat mission and the grenade exploded.
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In Cleland’s own words: “I didn’t see any heroism in all that. It wasn’t an act of heroism. I didn’t know the grenade was live. It was an act of fate.” That is why Cleland didn’t win a Purple Heart, which is given to those wounded in combat. Liberals are not angry because I “lied”; they’re angry because I told the truth.
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Cleland’s true heroism came after the war, when he went on to build a productive life for himself. That is a story of inspiration and courage. He shouldn’t let the Democrats tarnish an admirable life by ‘sexing up’ his record in order to better attack George Bush.”
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