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During the Iraq War, some Republicans claimed that Democrats who opposed the war were unpatriotic. This was very effective politically, with a number of Democrats opposing the war or military appropriations losing their seats, It turned out that almost all the Republicans who made those claims had never served in the military and like the leading war proponent Vice President Cheney had avoided the draft in the Vietnam war by getting deferments or like the President Bush of participating in the National Guard. Most of the opponents who the claimed were unpatriotic did serve in the military and fought in combat for their country. Several were wounded and Max Cleland lost three of his limbs in Vietnam. Most of them, like Kerry, were decorated war heroes. The Republicans who had fought in the military did not make such accusations even though they supported the war. Kerry finally became frustrated and revealed the non military history of the attackers.
The murderers were found and tried by Federal authorities. They were actually convicted of civil rights violations although two had committed 1st degree murder and the others of 2nd degree murder. However, the racist judge gave the murderers incredibly light sentences. See {637613}.
