[vaudine]

2 questions--1. The F102's WERE in Vietnam. Are you saying they were not used? Obviously, they weren't very good because they were replaced. Guess they were all that was avail. at the time they were sent.

2. You don't have to build up GWB, but why are you trying to tear him down? This is a comparison of GWB and JF'nK, for heaven's sake.

vaudine

[USMCVet]

I haven't found anyone that could explain to me what earthly use an F-102 would have been in Vietnam. I accept that there were a few there (one even crashed) but other than serving as the world's biggest lawn dart, it would have as close to useless as any aircraft could be over there. Maybe somebody was punching tickets..

I'm not "tearing down" GWB; just reacting the piece of political fluff that started this thread. I do not accept the premise that flying F-102s in the States is morally equivalent to serving in combat. It's better than sitting at home in Podunck, it's far better than whiling away the time in Canada, but we had a war going and we could have used all the good men we could find. George stayed here.

I will never support John Kerry because he betrayed all of the good men that fought (after his whole 4 months in combat - real men didn't go home and leave his men after three light scratches) with his "US soldiers are committing atrocities" garbage. He should never have been elected to the US Senate - or dogcatcher -after that slimy act.