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Why do members of the Navy, Marines, Army, and Air Force denigrate it?
Why do members of the Navy, Marines, Army, and Air Force denigrate it?
he peeled potato(e)s for KP?
did I miss something?
Was there something wrong about what he did?
DQ played by the rules.
Tell member s of the Indiana NG that he cut and ran.
So why some poor kid got sent to the rice paddies of Southeast Asia, Dan got to pretend he was fixing trucks.
Quayle and Bush served in the NG and Clinton fled.
he peeled potato(e)s for KP?
did I miss something?
Was there something wrong about what he did?
Um, yeah.
The fact was, the whole concept of the National Guard was corrupted during that period.
INstead of being a reserve of the active component, it became a place to hide out from the draft, and the privilaged and wealthy were the ones who hid out there.
So why some poor kid got sent to the rice paddies of Southeast Asia, Dan got to pretend he was fixing trucks.
Quayle and Bush served in the NG and Clinton fled.
No, Clinton declared himself a contientious objector, but his number didn't come up when they tried to make the system more fair and instituted a lottery.
Still, I give Bush and Quayle (both of whom I liked and voted for) more credit than Romney, who avoided any kind of military service while supporting the war.
did I miss something?
Was there something wrong about what he did?
Quayle and Bush served in the NG and Clinton fled.
No, Clinton declared himself a contientious objector, but his number didn't come up when they tried to make the system more fair and instituted a lottery.
Still, I give Bush and Quayle (both of whom I liked and voted for) more credit than Romney, who avoided any kind of military service while supporting the war.
BTW - Where/when did eligible Joe Biden serve? Any photos of him in rice paddies?
Probably fucking not - but oh well. Thought I'd ask.
Probably deferred as an idiot.
As a result of a physical exam on April 5, 1968, Joe Biden was classified 1-Y and disqualified from service because of asthma as a teenager, said David Wade, a campaign spokesman.
it wasn't the "right" it was a campaign add aired by Sax Chamblis that was the source of that characterization, and Bill Clinton perpetrated that characterization out of whole cloth. Here is a link with a THAT particular video and the actual cases in which Bill Clinton made his misrepresentation of same video.did I miss something?
Was there something wrong about what he did?
Link?
No, nothing wrong with serving in the NG. You swear the oath and wear the uniform like any other serviceman.
Why did the right denigrate Kerry's service in Viet Nam? Why did the right compare Max Cleland, who lost limbs in the service of his country, to Osama Bin Laden?
To bolster their accusations that Kerry misrepresented slight injuries to win Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star, the vets cite a March 13, 1969, incident for which the young lieutenant was decorated.
Two injuries a small bruise on his right arm and a minor injury to his buttocks won Kerry his Third Purple Heart and a trip home. However, the vets say, the wound to his buttocks was self-inflicted and should never have received Purple Heart consideration.
While Kerry claims the injury came from shrapnel from an underwater mine, Larry Thurlow, an officer on shore with Kerry that day, insists the wound was the result of Kerrys decision to throw a concussion grenade into a rice pile. The shrapnel, he says, was actually rice pellets.As further evidence, the vets say, Kerry himself reflected in his own journal that his buttocks wound came, not from a mine but, rather, from a grenade tossed into a rice cache.
Sworn statements of those present say there was no hostile fire involved in this incident for which Kerry received his third Purple Heart and the coveted Bronze Star.
The conclusion is inescapable: that Kerry lied by reporting to the Navy that he had been wounded by shrapnel in his backside from an enemy mine when in reality he negligently wounded himself and then lied about the wound in order to secure a third Purple Heart and a quick trip home, reads the letter.
The letter continues: Kerrys operating report, Bronze Star story, and subsequent no man left behind story are a total hoax on the Navy and the nation, they say.
As to the daring rescue discussed in the documentary video shown to the nation at the Democratic convention, the vets say the rescue was well under way under the leadership of others when Kerry returned to the scene where Special Forces soldier Jim Rassman was plucked out of the water. Eyewitnesses have signed affidavits explaining when Kerry returned, there was no more hostile fire. He just merely leaned over the boat and assisted Rassman out of the water.
Pit wasn't the "right" it was a campaign add aired by Sax Chamblis that was the source of that characterization, and Bill Clinton perpetrated that characterization out of whole cloth. Here is a link with a THAT particular video and the actual cases in which Bill Clinton made his misrepresentation of same video.did I miss something?
Was there something wrong about what he did?
Link?
No, nothing wrong with serving in the NG. You swear the oath and wear the uniform like any other serviceman.
Why did the right denigrate Kerry's service in Viet Nam? Why did the right compare Max Cleland, who lost limbs in the service of his country, to Osama Bin Laden?
Read the Bill Clinton set-up then watch the video.
Bill Clinton Keeps Lying About Max Cleland Ad | Sweetness & Light
As for Kerry:
To bolster their accusations that Kerry misrepresented slight injuries to win Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star, the vets cite a March 13, 1969, incident for which the young lieutenant was decorated.
Two injuries a small bruise on his right arm and a minor injury to his buttocks won Kerry his Third Purple Heart and a trip home. However, the vets say, the wound to his buttocks was self-inflicted and should never have received Purple Heart consideration.
While Kerry claims the injury came from shrapnel from an underwater mine, Larry Thurlow, an officer on shore with Kerry that day, insists the wound was the result of Kerrys decision to throw a concussion grenade into a rice pile. The shrapnel, he says, was actually rice pellets.As further evidence, the vets say, Kerry himself reflected in his own journal that his buttocks wound came, not from a mine but, rather, from a grenade tossed into a rice cache.
Sworn statements of those present say there was no hostile fire involved in this incident for which Kerry received his third Purple Heart and the coveted Bronze Star.
The conclusion is inescapable: that Kerry lied by reporting to the Navy that he had been wounded by shrapnel in his backside from an enemy mine when in reality he negligently wounded himself and then lied about the wound in order to secure a third Purple Heart and a quick trip home, reads the letter.
The letter continues: Kerrys operating report, Bronze Star story, and subsequent no man left behind story are a total hoax on the Navy and the nation, they say.
As to the daring rescue discussed in the documentary video shown to the nation at the Democratic convention, the vets say the rescue was well under way under the leadership of others when Kerry returned to the scene where Special Forces soldier Jim Rassman was plucked out of the water. Eyewitnesses have signed affidavits explaining when Kerry returned, there was no more hostile fire. He just merely leaned over the boat and assisted Rassman out of the water.
Swift Boat Vets for Truth claims a membership of 254 sailors from Coastal Squadron One, ranging from vice admirals to seamen. They claim 16 of the 23 surviving officers who served with Kerry in swift boats in Vietnam and who could be found have joined
The fact remains that Kerry served in combat in Viet Nam, and his service to the country was denigrated. I note that none of the swift boaters actually served with him and the ones who actually did campaigned for him. The swift boat group was just a well funded smear group.
Max Cleland was smeared several times by the right. He was referred to as the Democrat's favorite victim. He was accused of blowing himself up in order to drink beer.
Max Cleland and John Kerry are just two famous examples. There are others. The right is just as guilty as the left.