E. Moon: 'George W. Bush's Military "Record": Not That of a Patriot'

[Mairead]

(Texan Elizabeth Moon, besides being a Nebula-winning SF/F author, is also ex-1st Lt. Moon, USMC)

George W. Bush claims that questioning the validity of his service in the Texas Air National Guard insults the men and women who have served there and been in combat. This is a disgusting perversion of the truth. It is he and other draft dodgers, with the connivance of Texas government (including the governor who wouldn't release the unit to the military and the individuals who jumped Bush over the waiting list to get him in) who sullied the honor of the National Guard here in Texas, and in other states where a politically-motivated governor allowed this injustice to occur. It is he and the others like him who insult and dishonor those who served honorably before and after this shameful period, those who actually put their lives on the line. Because of him and men like him, others were drafted into the service and sent into combat in their place.

more at http://www.sff.net/people/Elizabeth.Moon/bush-militaryrecord.htm

[fooj]

1. Truth is our most powerful weapon!

:patriot:

[tk2kewl]

2. kick

is the left getting it's shit together?

is the release of Kerry's military record timed to coincide with some new aggressive bush-bashing? I hope so.

[InternalDialogue]

3. When I got caught robbing the neighborhood convenience store

I told the police that questioning my behavior in the store insulted the men and women who were also shopping there.

[quaoar]

5. LOL

And getting caught embezzling money from the bank should not result in arrest because that would insult all the hard-working tellers.

[Demit]

4. Straight talk from a vet. I see she wrote this last year.

It's really nicely written. We should have seen a lot of this before the election. It's just common sense, and would've gotten regular people thinking. To see it now really brings home to me how distorted things have become in this country. I feel shocked all over again.

[DemoTex]

6. Bu$h's AWOL invalidated any service he might have claimed.

As one who flew over 250 air combat missions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, I find the concept of a Texas Air Guard "champagne" unit for drink- and drug-addled rich boys an anathema. See my piece from last year too:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/04/02/21_lies.html

[Vickers]

7. I'm a veteran, and I don't consider him a veteran.

He didn't show up.

[Supersedeas]

8. this opinion won't see the Corporate Media light of day