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Even Bush didn't avoid military service. It was made clear that W. Bush, during his TEN YEARS as a A.F. fighter pilot, requested to be transferred to a squadron that would deploy to Vietnam, but his request was denied because he didn't have enough flight hours to qualify for combat sorties.

Additionally, by that time, the Air Force was redeploying pilots back to the U.S., as part of th draw down, and wasn't sending new ones to Vietnam. This was all established clearly with his military records which he released, unlike John Kerry, and commanding officer statements also cofirmed these things. So the charge that Bush avoided military service or Vietnam is just a lie that disregards facts put into evidence in 2004 during the election.

And besides, wasn't it in the 90s that the democrats said that military service didn't matter and shouldn't be considered as a requirement for President, since Clinton was a draft dodger and fled the country to avoid Vietnam? The democrats didn't think it mattered when Bush 41 and Bob Dole, both highly decorated veterans of WWII, were running for President. Michael Ducaca rode in that tank to look like he had some kind of military experience, so what's changed? Why now do Democrats think military service is so important?

I guess because the democrats finally have some Vietnam era candidates that are older and can be put up as being experienced and qualified to be President, even though their service was limited and questionable, like with Kerry and Murtha. So now all the sudden that there are Democrat candidates for President that have military service, NOW all the sudden it's important. Hypocrites. Typical democrat double standard.