[Robert A Cook PE]

Bush was flying a single-seat supersonic jet fighter in days when, over the life of the plane, over 1 in 4 fighters crashed during "routine, peacetime" training and practice.

Forget war.

Bush was in much more danger than you every time he strapped on his jet.

And he passed many more thousand telephone poles flying and navigating by himself cross-country at 1000 knots than you passed sea bouys at 6 knots. 8<)

[MJM59]

Oh, please. I heard the same argument when Bush was running against McCain. I equate George Bush's flying in the ANG the same way I see my limited experience driving stock cars at the Richard Petty Driving Experience and racing the Skip Barber Racing Series. Yeah, I've done it but it does not make me Mario Andretti. The same way Bush is no Chuck Yeager. He was not pushing the envelope, he was not up against SAMS or MiGs, and Kenny Loggins was not singing Danger Zone every time he went up in the hostile skys of Texas.