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hate to tell ya USMC but most of the soldiers on the front lines in Iraq where reservists think they thought they'd be patrolling Baghdad when they signed up for the one weekend a month duty stuff? Bush didn't exactly pick the easiest national guard duty flying an F-102, but in retrospect think those boys from vietnam wouldn't have wanted Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense and not William "go by the stats" Macnamera.

Interesting interpretation -

The reservists that served in Baghdad and the other theaters of the latest war knew full well that they could be called to combat - based on the first Gulf war they all knew that when they signed up. Therefore I really admire the men and women, active and reserve, that served in the Iraqi war

During the Vietnam War, the weaker among us sought deferments, found previously undiscovered aiments, ran to Canadian vacations, discovered that they were gay, and pulled political strings to get appointments into the Guard.

The instinct for self-preservation is a natural one, but I tend to respect the ones that did accept the possibility of losing their lives or parts of their bodies for their country more than the ones that found artful ways out of that danger.

Shouldn't we seek leaders that have proven their willingness to risk all that they have for the sake of our country instead of the types of people that sought to avoid danger to themselves?

n retrospect think those boys from vietnam wouldn't [think ya meant "would"] have wanted Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense and not William "go by the stats" Macnamera.

... or Les Aspin, Clinton's first SecDef who came out with brainstorms like, "these Special Forces guys will never be useful in modern war, let's disband two groups," and "the guys in Somalia want a gunship... what the hell do they need that for... disapproved!"

You have to wonder what kind of fuzzy thinker Gore would have selected for SecDef. Probably make a pick based on sex or race... "our first black female SecDef..." which would be fine if it was Condi Rice (but with him it wouldn't be).

d.o.l.

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