What did Dubya do in the war, daddy?

Toronto Star ^ | Nov 17, 2002 | LINDA MCQUAIG

[Theyknow]

Actually there is, but as I said who cares? If no one cared about Clinton why should they care about this.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Hmmm, Eisenhower returned to the US from his position as a staff officer under MacArthur in the Philipines in January of 1940. Who was shooting at him?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

After the war, they were called, "the Huks," but were Muslims of the P. I. variety.

[Stand Watch Listen]

This would be equivalent to the media withholding comment as former U.S. President Bill Clinton publicly espoused the virtues of marital fidelity.

OR, perhaps equivalent to Clinton saluting Armed Forces personnel, personnel whose fathers/uncles/brother,moms/sisters were protested against by Clinton, the Rhodes (disinvited to continue) Scholar.

OR perhaps equivalent to Clinton (feeling the pain), of the parents, receiving the remains of their dead sons at Dover AFB . Their dead sons killed in Somolia because request for armor and support was denied by Clinton/Aspen.

[Stand Watch Listen]

This would be equivalent to the media withholding comment as former U.S. President Bill Clinton publicly espoused the virtues of marital fidelity.

OR perhaps equivalent to Clinton's expression of 'loathing' towards the military

Bill Clinton's letter to Col. Eugene Holmes, Director of the ROTC program at the University of Arkansas ..3 December 1969.

Copy - 1992 Affidavit by Lt. Col. Holmes:Regarding Bill Clinton's Draft Evasion

[SoCal Pubbie]

All right, let me be more precise. Eisenhower never directly commanded any combat unit in the field while it was engaged in any combat whatsoever with a hostile force of any recognized army anywhere in the world. His entire service in the army consisted of staff, planning, and headquarters command positions, and while he of course was in command of combat units in WWII, including all allied armies in Europe, he never directly faced hostile fire from an enemy army. Does that about sum it up?

This is in contrast with both Patton and MacArthur who commanded units in the field before and during WWI. This is not to denigrate Eisenhower in any way, quite the contrary, it illustrates the point that no one seems to accuse Ike of somehow being less worthy because he never faced the cannon fire directly.

[Miss Marple]

This has been discussed numerous times. I didn't read the links because I know that this is all a function of the ways in which the ntional Guard deploys people. If the link says he was AWOL, that is simply not true.

[cookcounty]

" Bush could be classified as, at best, "absent without leave" (AWOL) or, at worst, as an army deserter. ' were in the army!

Now tell me, where is the Toronto Star's link that responds to the charge that this reporter is a bigoted, hateful halfwit? Hmmm? Why won't they clear this up---hmmmm?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

We were fortunate to have him on our side.