Why The Guard Matters...
 I find it amusing that Republicans are running around trying to defend the President on the biggest deficit in history. I find is scary that this administration this week said that outsourcing american jobs overseas is good for the economy. Then he quickly tries to cover his tracks.
Then there is the issue of his Guard duty. The fact that his father got him into the Guard to avoid service in Vietnam is not the issue. During that period many young men found ways to avoid duty, including most of the members of the Bush Administration (except of course for Powell). The issue is, did he in fact really perform his duty? The evidence does not support that,
If an Air National guardsman today vanished for a year, that guardsman would be transferred to active duty or, be kicked out of the service with a less-than-honorable discharge. The penalty would be especially swift if the AWOL guardsman were a fully trained pilot, as Bush was. Also damning are the statements of the former head of the Texas National Guard, who saw documents related to Bush's service being discarded. Why doesn't Bush release all documents relating to this matter? The reason is, he can't.
So here we are with a President who lied to get us into Iraq. He has mismanaged the situation after declaring the victory. He is asking guardsman to serve more then a year away from home for a mistake that he made. Attacking John Kerry for his anti-war activities is a joke. This man served, fought, and saw people die. He earned the right to say anything he wanted when he returned. So what did Bush earn?..mj
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