How Kerry Blew It

Finally someone explains the real reason John Kerry lost the election. Kerry never explained what he meant by his oft-repeated campaign line: "I defended my country as a young man and I'll defend it as President." Recall that Kerry made his name by testifying against the war after he returned from 'Nam. So when, exactly, as a young man did he think he was defending his country, and against whom? If he thought he went to war to defend his country, but returned with a different belief, he never said so. If he still believes that he was defending his country in VietNam, then doesn't that call into question the core belief of the anti-war protest movement: that no US interests were at stake, that it was a civil war we had no business being involved with?