You guys are killing me!!! This is the first time that I've heard being commissioned a 2LT as extraordinary! I would hardly classify my two years as a butterbar as extraordinary.
I guess I better not run for public office either (not that Mrs. NHN would allow it). I evaded the draft by accepting a 4 year ROTC scholarship. However, I did serve in the Army for 8+ years. The closest I ever got to combat was when my jeep was clipped by an M-60 tank during REFORGER '77.
Based on the stance now taken by the loony left, such service does not qualify.
Just one question: why doesn't Conason spend as much time investigating BillyJeff's draft evasion, as he spends on Bush's honorable service in the National Guard?
Not that I'm qualified to ask reasonable questions. After all, I jumped out of perfectly good airplanes (C-123s, C-130s, and C-141s) while in the Army.