On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 05:32:41 -0500 Cub Driver wrote:


No, the point is that you were never a military pilot, while George
Bush was, yet you take it on yourself to impugn his patriotism.

Again I never purported to be a military pilot. You're relying on fallacies
to bolster your argument because I don' think you've really got an argument.
Dubya's service record is sketchy. The fact that he will ground GA pilots
on the single most important day for GA in 100 years tells me that he can't
really be a pilot. I mean a true pilot, not one that flew around in a military
jet because his Daddy had "friends". His disappearance for 1.5 years is
documented. The trip to Kill Devil is another political stunt, like flying
into Iraq. If he was a real pilot he'd be flying a plane as PIC to Kill
Devil.


R. Hubbell


He served two years on active duty. How many did you serve? None,
right?

As for his hours, I believe they are on the web, on the same place I
found out about his military record. Interestingly, he learned to fly
in a Cessna. That was the first I knew that the Air Force used Cessnas
as trainers.

He didn't purport to be a military pilot: he *was* a military pilot.
He wasn't a combat pilot, but that is another matter entirely. Few
F-102 pilots ever served in Vietnam, because F-102s didn't have guns.
The few who went, transitioned to other aircraft.


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