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The US Army was a haven for Draft Dodgers
All this talk about "the Air National Guard [being] a haven for draft
dodgers" is one of the funniest ****ing contests I've heard of lately. For example, in the mid-sixties my former brother-in-law took his "patriotic" ass, and his just-acquired MBA, to Germany for a three year enlistment as a Company Clerk in the Army rather than risk being drafted for two years and possibly having to face the enemy with something more effective than a typewriter. A lot of us wound up on active duty as rated USAF Officers who probably would never have donned a uniform without the draft hanging over our heads. Some chose trash haulers out of UPT, and some earned fighters, but all categories had their share of combat and non-combat losses. If you GWB-haters actually want to have a useful method of evaluating a Commander-in-Chief's legitimacy, just note the response he receives from the troops. Few would give Clinton, or Gore, the time of day. "W" is, relatively speaking, revered. Jack ------------------------------------------------------------- "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." -- Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr. ================================================== =========== |
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