BumP
And let's clear up this misstatement about Kerry volunteering to go to Vietnam. As I understand it, he volunteered for the Navy. He got sent to Vietnam. Bush volunteered for the National Guard, and could very well have been sent to Vietnam. Lots of National Guard were sent to Vietnam. It was NO guarantee of avoiding the war.
Not like he ran off to Oxford, or anything......
And there's every chance that George Bush would not be sent to fly combat missions over North Vietnam. His father was with the CIA and it could be a real problem were he to become a prisoner of war. There was little use for pilots who could not fly over enemy territory. He flew the F-102 and that aircraft was not intended to be used in a conflict like that in Vietnam. Its primary mission was to intercept Soviet bombers if necessary. I know, details, details, details. Nothing aggravates a liberal as much as having truth get in the way of their beliefs.
Not like he ran off to Oxford, or anything......
Then he wrote a letter stating that he "LOATHES" the military. Can't remember to whom.
We had a bunch of cops from the Nevada Fang sent to Osan in 68...and no they were NOT happy campers.
<< And let's clear up this misstatement about Kerry volunteering to go to Vietnam. As I understand it, he volunteered for the Navy. He got sent to Vietnam. Bush volunteered for the National Guard, and could very well have been sent to Vietnam. Lots of National Guard were sent to Vietnam. It was NO guarantee of avoiding the war. >>
Kerry did not enlist in the United States Navy -- but in the [Inactiive] US Naval Reserves -- pretty much the Navy's much safer equivalent of the [EG: Texas] Air National Guard.
His chances of going into active service in Vietnam or anywhere else were way slimmer than were those of an Air Force Reserve/National Guard fighter pilot and everything he says and/or has ever said to the contrary is pure and unadulterated BarbAra Streissand!
Kerry is a scurrilous bastard -- lower than shark $h*t!
Bush volunteered for Vietnam also. ANG pilots flew more than 50K combat hours.