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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 02:52:57 GMT
"Jay Honeck" wrote: Now you can't believe that he doesn't care about the political boost? Improving moral was just a small part. Dude, GW could have stayed at his ranch in Texas, and no one would have said a thing. Flying into Iraq took big balls (however you spell it in Spanish!), no matter how you cut it. Now you know full well that if he had gone to Texas we'd all heard it from the pilots down tere. :-) The risk to Bush was small, the risk to those defending the airspace and ground was definitely increased. Election year stunt. I doubt he thought of it. Most likely it was Rice since she went too. Rice: "I know, go to Iraq instead of Texas" Bush: "Fine but you're going too." And I really don't think he gives a rat's ass about what ANYONE thinks about his motives for going there -- which is one reason I happen to like the guy. I may not agree with his politics, but it really is quite refreshing to have a President who is more than just a poll-taker. He only gives a "rat's ass" when it's time for an election. I don't like the guy, I'll spare you the reasons why. R. Hubbell -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"Dan Luke" writes:
"Big John" wrote: I thought Clinton on Omaha Beach took the cake for chutzpah? Oh, for sure Clinton was a master of the photo opp, too. Both of those draft dodgers, Bush and Clinton, have an awful lot of chutzpah to strike military poses. Clinton avoided the draft honestly, for a war most of us now recognize to have been a tragic mistake, and has always been honest about it. Bush used family pull to get a safe *and* sought-after National Guard berth and then appears to have been AWOL a lot, while being rather pro-war, which strikes many of us as hypocritical. -- David Dyer-Bennet, , www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: noguns-nomoney.com www.dd-b.net/carry/ Photos: dd-b.lighthunters.net Snapshots: www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: dragaera.info/ |
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"Tom S." writes:
"Dan Luke" wrote in message ... "Big John" wrote: I thought Clinton on Omaha Beach took the cake for chutzpah? Oh, for sure Clinton was a master of the photo opp, too. Both of those draft dodgers, Bush and Clinton, have an awful lot of chutzpah to strike military poses. Ummm...Bush the F-102 pilot was a draft dodger? My cousin, the "Air National Guard F-100 pilot that did a tour of Vietnam" would pop you for that. (And don't bother with the bogus crap, several times debunked, about his going AWOL.) No evidence of his having been present; how would *you* interpret it? And he certainly joined the NG to avoid the draft. The bad part is he used pull to get a desirable berth, and apparently to protect him from his bad behavior too. -- David Dyer-Bennet, , www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: noguns-nomoney.com www.dd-b.net/carry/ Photos: dd-b.lighthunters.net Snapshots: www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: dragaera.info/ |
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In article , David Dyer-Bennet
wrote: Clinton avoided the draft honestly ROTFLMAO! -- Bob Noel |
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Bob Noel writes:
In article , David Dyer-Bennet wrote: Clinton avoided the draft honestly ROTFLMAO! Same way I did -- got deferred until the draft ended. -- David Dyer-Bennet, , www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: noguns-nomoney.com www.dd-b.net/carry/ Photos: dd-b.lighthunters.net Snapshots: www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: dragaera.info/ |
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I did too. By joining the navy. Kept me out of Vietnam. And I'm not the
least bit ashamed of it. Seemed at the time to be a bogus war. Turned out, as uninformed as I was, I was right. mike regish "Bob Noel" wrote in message ... In article , David Dyer-Bennet wrote: Clinton avoided the draft honestly ROTFLMAO! -- Bob Noel |
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"mike regish" writes:
I did too. By joining the navy. Kept me out of Vietnam. And I'm not the least bit ashamed of it. Seemed at the time to be a bogus war. Turned out, as uninformed as I was, I was right. Yeah, I can't claim that my distaste for that war at that time was based on fully conclusive evidence. But it *is* nice when hindsight confirms ones judgement of the moment. -- David Dyer-Bennet, , www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: noguns-nomoney.com www.dd-b.net/carry/ Photos: dd-b.lighthunters.net Snapshots: www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: dragaera.info/ |
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Yeah, I can't claim that my distaste for that war at that time was
based on fully conclusive evidence. But it *is* nice when hindsight confirms ones judgement of the moment. Funny thing is, many historians (with the benefit of increasing distance from the emotional event) are now viewing our decision to fight the Viet Nam war as pivotal in our ultimate Cold War victory over the Soviet Union. Our willingness to shed the blood of American boys in Viet Nam seems to have genuinely stopped the Soviets from further mischief all over the world. Maybe the war wasn't so bogus after all? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:MXvyb.371905$Tr4.1101284@attbi_s03... Yeah, I can't claim that my distaste for that war at that time was based on fully conclusive evidence. But it *is* nice when hindsight confirms ones judgement of the moment. Funny thing is, many historians (with the benefit of increasing distance from the emotional event) are now viewing our decision to fight the Viet Nam war as pivotal in our ultimate Cold War victory over the Soviet Union. Our willingness to shed the blood of American boys in Viet Nam seems to have genuinely stopped the Soviets from further mischief all over the world. Five years after the fall of Saigon, the USSR invaded Afghanistan. So much for that theory. The only thing the kept the Soviets from mischief was going broke. Maybe the war wasn't so bogus after all? It was bogus from start to finish. |
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"Jay Honeck" writes:
Yeah, I can't claim that my distaste for that war at that time was based on fully conclusive evidence. But it *is* nice when hindsight confirms ones judgement of the moment. Funny thing is, many historians (with the benefit of increasing distance from the emotional event) are now viewing our decision to fight the Viet Nam war as pivotal in our ultimate Cold War victory over the Soviet Union. Our willingness to shed the blood of American boys in Viet Nam seems to have genuinely stopped the Soviets from further mischief all over the world. Now, *that's* a new one on me. I thought it was *their* loss in Afghanistan that did it really. Maybe the war wasn't so bogus after all? Still looks grotesquely immoral to me -- fighting to support an unpopular repressive dictatorship. -- David Dyer-Bennet, , www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: noguns-nomoney.com www.dd-b.net/carry/ Photos: dd-b.lighthunters.net Snapshots: www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: dragaera.info/ |
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