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Sparhawk · 11-30-2003, 08:40 AM

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Originally posted by Ratman
GWB had the opportunity to go to a war zone in Vietnam, which he avoided by joining the ANG, which service he further avoided by going AWOL. I still think he has little shriveled raisins where his brass balls should be.

Edit- For what it's worth, when GWB was commissioned as an officer in the Air Guard, he swore an oath which, in my opinion, he had no intention of honoring. When I joined the army, when my friends joined the army, when my brother joined the army, we all swore the same oath.

I was on active duty during Panama, Grenada, and Iraq I. I was not required in combat zones because my MI MOS and languages weren't pertinent to those conflicts. However, I had friends that were Hispanic and Spanish linguists that went into Panamanian prisons, as prisoners, to get intel. Spending months in a South American prison to serve their country. THAT is brass balls.

GHWB had a huge pair. He flew into the hell of combat, got shot down, and survived. He upheld the oath he took. Every serviceman and woman who has taken that oath, and upheld that oath, deserves our respect. My brother and friends, your family and friends, that are serving in Iraq deserve our respect. Most of them have spent thousands of times more hours in a combat zone than the CIC has spent in ANY combat zone. And all to uphold the oath they took when they joined the service. The same oath that GWB took when he was commissioned, the oath that, in my opinion, he had no intention to honor.

GWB took a similar oath again when he became President and CIC. But when it comes right down to it, I don't believe that he would put his life on the line for this country, or it's citizens, or it's glorious constitution. Not any more than he did during Vietnam. He must have gone through cases of Depends during this daring and dangerous campaign trip to Baghdad. After all, we all know that those absentee votes CAN make all the difference.

Hooah.

Clinton went to Kosovo Christmas of 99. George I went to either Saudi or Kuwait Christmas of 91. So definitely not unprecedented. In fact, I would have been surprised if George II hadn't gone.