What Military Service Qualifies Bush To Lead Iraq War?

[babylonsister]

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/7764

What Military Service Qualifies Bush To Lead Iraq War?
by Evelyn Pringle | May 29 2007 - 9:58am


The tax dollar funded photo op of Bush landing on an aircraft carrier all dressed up in a flightsuit to announce Mission Accomplished was a desperate attempt to give the illusion that Bush actually did serve his country in the military and to bolster his image as a self-described "war president."

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In light of his obviously low IQ, it could honestly be said that Bush simply can not remember the name of every guardsman in Alabama, but according to a spokesman for the Alabama Guard, there were 600 to 700 members in that unit and Bush can not remember one name, and amazingly, not one Alabama guardsman has come forward to proudly announce that he served his country right along side the current President of the US.

In any event, first hand sitings would be impossible to find because Bush's own military records prove he was AWOL in Alabama and Texas. In the fall of 1972 after the election Bush reportedly did return to Texas but not to Ellington Air Force Base.

On May 2, 1973, his Superior Officers at Ellington, Jerry Killian and William Harris, stated they were unable to complete Bush's "yearly" evaluation because: "Lt Bush has not been observed at this unit during the period of this report."

Which means a year after he trotted off to Alabama, and 7 months after he returned to Texas, Bush's commanding officers in Texas still thought he was in Alabama. The report said Bush "cleared this base on 15 May 1972, and has been performing equivalent training in a non-flying status with the 187 TAC RECON GP, Dannelly Ang Base, Alabama."

Americans should tell members of Congress to consider the military service record of the man deciding the fate of our young men and women in Iraq before granting his next request for funding to keep them there until hell freezes over apparently.

[TexasProgresive]

1. This issue never gets any traction

How the service record of Al Gore and John Kerry could be tarnished by the unloyal opposition and this buffoon is give a free ride is incredible. It doesn't even stir much at DU. Go figure.
From yesterday:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x985286

[Captain Hilts]

2. Or FDR, or Wilson, or Lincoln....it's not absence of military service that is his problem.

This canard has been used in past decades to delegitimize women as political leaders.

[Dan]

3. Because, Bush had a plan to get out of the Vietnam war.