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To: CMClay
How much military service do you have?

How much time in the reserves or National Guard?

If the answer to the above is zero, then you appear to be a carping dim-wit who ignores the facts that are present, to paint a picture of malfeasance, where the avaiable evidence points to the opposite conclusion!

Recently released records (probably recently found, too) show that GW Bush drilled 25 days (41 drill points) between Oct 72 and May 73, and 27 days (35 drill points) between May 73 and Jul 73. [A drill day can give 2 points, while an ADT day gives 1 point.] Now - as a pilot without a plane - every drill he does is of marginal benefit to the military. He isn't trained to fly other planes, he isn't trained to supervise maintenance on the planes ... so there is no NEED to have him show up and "mark time" and collect drill pay.

You also ignore the fact that the Reserves don't prevent members from relocating due to work requirements. Reservists have many different ways to satisfy their obligation, and they often move due to job changes, etc. Or do you believe the reservists become "chattel" or slaves, bound to the Military Plantation? Such is not the case. I have seen reservists who are allowed to drop out, and stop drilling, when they have work or family conflicts. They might get a general discharge under honorable conditions (i.e. - no benefits because they didn't satisfy their obligation, but no shame attached to their release.) If I recall, GW Bush got an honorable discharge, which is proof he satisfied his commitment.

And as my earlier post suggests, JUST AS THE MILITARY CAN DISCHARGE PILOTS (AND OTHERS) EARLY (THE RIF's) ... THE MILITARY ALSO WILL LET PEOPLE DROP OUT EARLY IF THE PERSON DOESN'T HAVE CRITICAL SKILLS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL (then the military will do a "stop-loss" to hold people in.)

In 1973, the Viet Nam war was essentially over (and we had won it until the Democrat Congress turned it into a defeat less than 2 years later!). The military was being down-sized. The military would be quite happy with reservists doing fewer paid drills (to save money). Only a few years later, reservists would be only paid for 24 drills in a year vs. 48 drills ... a big money saver!!

The missed flight physical was explained in my earlier post; repeating the groundless allegation is the typical Democrat policy of repeating a lie often enough, then enough stupid people will believe it, regardless of the facts!

Bush's record of service is far more distinguished than Clinton's!! Yet the same critics of Bush are silent about how a draft-dodging liar became president. Clinton signed up for a ROTC program to get his draft notice cancelled, then he didn't satisfy his ROTC commitment, and went to Britain for a Rhodes scholarship program (which he didn't complete because he was spending so much time with anti-war activities!!) Yet the people who felt Clinton was qualified for President now question GW Bush's record. AND I question those people's integrity.

Mike

173 posted on 02/10/2004 9:47:57 AM PST by Vineyard
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To: Clinton's a liar
You were in the Reserves for a long time weren't you? Tell everyone here what it is like, it isn't a picnic~
187 posted on 02/10/2004 10:11:22 AM PST by buffyt (JOHaNoi Jane KERRY)
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