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Originally Posted by Biggy
many conservative republicans talk like this. its their insatiable quest for power, and their desire to make everybody be like them. they do a good job of convincing middle america... as they rob them blind and keep them poor to line their own pockets. the poor are too stupid to realize, blindly following the faith of "god." as the rich get richer through lower taxes. its sad really...
im still trying to figure out from the elections how a man with no military experience can come out smelling sweeter than a man who served, or why changing your mind on an issue (aka "flip flopping") is a bad idea. buy a stock or investment, make a decision to hold it no matter what, and never change your mind on it as new info surfaces - we will see how quickly you lose money.
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I have to take exception to the idea that GW has "no" military experience.
GW joined the Air National Guard in 1966 (+/-). After regular flight training he was assigned to a squadron with planes too obsolete to fight in either Vietnam on the the frontiers of the Cold War.
Now, remember - this is the Air National Guard of the Vietnam Era. This is not the Guard as we know it today. Positions in the guard, reserve, and U.S. Coast Guard were hard to come by, unless, of course, you had a daddy who was a Congressman from Texas favored by LBJ in spite of being from the other party. At times in Iraq 60% of the forces serving in theater have been Guard/Reserves. Something less than 10,000 Guard and Reservists IN TOTAL served in Vietnam between 1964 - 1975. Most estimates I've read suggest that close to 5,000,000 personnel rotated in and out.
[note - something less that 10,000 reservists were activated from reserve status and sent to Vietnam. There were millions of enlisted personnel and thousands of officers who signed up for the reserves (either for a shorter period of active service, or for a college education, flight school, etc. There service in Vietnam, while technically as reservists, was during the period of obligated service and should not be confused with being activated from civiliian life).
So my point is simple. GW has military experience. He learned his lessons well.
Get yourself in a nice safe place, wrap yourself in a flag, and and let somebody else go fight.