Reply #6: Holy crap, you guys. I just finished watching the hearing, and I can tell you:

[beachmom]

The Anti-War Left (those are folks always opposed to wars) have completely propagandized the hearing, and really have made it different from what I saw. Now Reyes' testimony was compelling; but he didn't do as well during the Q & A. I thought the other three vets really knew their stuff when asked direct questions, even the woman soldier who told Sen. Kerry that she was nervous (and Kerry was so nice telling her she was doing well). I have to say that after watching the ENTIRE hearing, instead of a propaganda film made by Brave New Films (and believe me it was designed to manipulate somebody like me, lol), I am willing to give more leeway that we need to stay in Afghanistan. Those troops convinced me. But you wouldn't know that if you relied on HuffPost and DailyKos.

Look at this diary:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4/23/723758/-How-Do-You-Ask-a-Man-to-Be-the-Last-Man-to-Die-for-a-Mistake-in-Afghanistan

It is using John Kerry's words in a way that is quite disingenuous, given the hearing he put together.