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Politics : Attack Iraq?
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To: jlallen who wrote (4865)3/22/2003 1:50:01 AM
From: Don Earl  Read Replies (2) of 8683
 
We've already had this conversation once. How many times do you want to go over it?

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Perhaps you aren't old enough to remember the Vietnam years as they were unfolding. If you are old enough to remember, then you're just playing stupid for the pure sake of playing stupid. I'll assume you're just ignorant and don't have a clue about how things were in the late 60s, before the draft had been abolished, and when Vietnam was in full swing. In those days any male who turned 18 stood a good chance of getting shipped off to Southeast Asia to be used for target practice by unfriendly strangers. The Vietcong had found it was much more expensive for America to take care of wounded soldiers than it was to take care of dead soldiers. The result was those who weren't killed outright often came home with pieces missing. Poor young males who were against the idea of having body parts blown off went to Canada to avoid the draft. Rich young males had their daddies use their pull to find a cushy spot in the National Guard to avoid the draft.

While real soldiers fought and died for their country, George was going out on dates with Nixon's somewhat homely daughter, and getting drunk. To add insult to injury, our country had to waste valuable resources to let a coward take pilot training, at a time when pilots were needed for the war effort, only to have the little wimp skip off to DC to party.

Maybe you're just too bleeding stupid to follow what I'm talking about, but little George hasn't had an honorable day in his life. Go lay with your pups, you make me tired.
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