Benedict Arnold was a war hero, too,

until he switched sides. Similarly, John Kerry did some heroic things in Vietnam, but when he came home he slandered the troops there and became a leading anti-war activist. That wouldn't be a big deal, except that now he's claiming that his heroics in Vietnam make him more qualified than anybody else to formulate foreign policy and decide how to deal with the threat of terrorism.

In a fair setting, his claims would be laughable, but with the support of mainstream media, which has adopted all of the Democrat talking points, there is a real danger that Americans will be persuaded to abandon their successes in the war against terrorism.