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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: JDN who wrote (539930)	2/13/2004 4:56:43 PM
From: Gus	Read Replies (2) of 769667

His ramblings do shed more light on how the wrong memories of Vietnam sparked and fueled the anti-hero zeitgest of the 70s that ultimately led to the moral relativism and nihilism of the Clinton years. But you know what? The timeless spirt shown by this 1980 survey is what will always matter most. Those who were merely there can never take that away from those who truly served. <font color=blue> A 1980 Harris survey commissioned by the Veteran's administration, the most comprehensive ever done regarding those who served in Vietnam, revealed that 92% of those who served in combat were "glad they'd served their country"; 74%, "enjoyed their time in the military"; and 80% disagreed with the statement that "the U.S. took unfair advantage of me." Nearly two out of three would go to Vietnam again even if they knew how the war would end. The only national media report on the survey's results was an Associated Press story headlined "One in three would not serve again if asked." <font color=blue> jameswebb.com

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