Everything can be analyzed on a continuium. Yes, President Bush did server
in the National Guard. There is some question about his motives, hence the
skepticism. On the other hand, he (intelligently) does not aggressively
promote his service for publicity. Whitehouse.gov doesn't even seem to
mention it in the biography page.

As an interesting aside, George McGovern, who ran against Nixon (and was
trounced, of course) on a strong anti-war platform during Vietnam, was a war
hero during WWII. During his campaign he expressley refused to allow his
military service to be discussed, or, more importantly, compared to Nixon's.

See Stephen Ambrose's The Wild Blue.

Michael




"Mutts" wrote in message
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Since when is piloting an F-102 something without risk and danger?
It deserves respect regardless of your opinion of the mans
political idealogies. Who is one person to judge anothers persons
quality of service? Just being President puts you in danger every day.