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"ArtKramr" wrote

Colin Powell was once outraged by elites who "wrangle slots in
Reserve and
Guard units." Now he defends George Bush, who wrangled himself into
a
Guard unit.
By John Greeley

Powell should be outraged at people who "wrangle" Guard slots to
avoid
other duty to which they have been called. What evidence is there
that Bush
"wrangled" (used undue influence) his Guard slot? Many people joined
the
Guard/Reserve during that period without "wrangling".

There was a waiting list for those slots at that time, and his
application
found its way to the top of the pile in no time flat and clearly out
of
turn.

Sons of decorated pilots always get that treatment.

I'd be willing to bet that there were scores of applicants in that pile of
about
700 as I recall whose daddies were decorated WWII or Korean War vets.
Congressmen, senators or governors would be another kettle of fish.

Let me clue you. My Grandmother was on the election board in Anadarko
Oklahoma and that was enough to keep my brother, who was in California, from
having to honor his draft notice; had he pleased. LBJ's draft was only for
the willing and the poor. It took very little political power to avoid the
draft altogether.

Kinda meets the "well-placed" definition doesn't it?