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To: LindyBill who wrote (69665)	9/12/2004 9:03:36 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) of 793883

The DNC is shooting themselves in the foot again. Don't they know that Kerry was a reserver officer? This second attack, following the Rather forgeries, is further proof of coordination. "Blogspriator" DNC claim: 'Bush Lied! Air National Guard isn't part of the Air Force" (USAF: it is) Drudge says: Exclusive Faster than a CBS eye can blink, dogged Dems are set to take to the airwaves anew hoping to keep questions about President Bush's National Guard duty in play, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. Candidate Kerry apparently has rejected former President Clinton's advice not to get further locked in a 2004 Vietnam quagmire. "George W. Bush's campaign literature claimed that he 'served in the U.S. Air Force.' The only problem? He didn't," slams a new DNC press release set for distribution. Unfortunately for them... it is. The Air National Guard's website is ang.af.mil and interestingly enough, the "af.mil" part means "AIR FORCE." The USAF ANG History page refers repeatedly to it being part of the Air Force. Following are some examples: The Air National Guard as we know it today -- a separate reserve component of the United States Air Force -- was a product of the politics of postwar planning and interservice rivalry during World War II. Blessed with innovative leaders like Maj Gen Winston P. "Wimpy" Wilson and a strong political base in the states, the ANG traded some of its autonomy as a state-federal force for closer integration with the active duty Air Force. Beginning in 1951, the Air Force established specific mobilization requirements for the Air Guard in its war plans for the first time. Today, the ANG provides 100 percent of the Air Force's continental-United States-based air defense interceptor force. The Vietnam War illustrated a central paradox facing the USAF's reserve components. In January 1968, President Johnson mobilized naval and air reservists following the North Korean seizure of the USS Pueblo. More reservists were called into federal service following the February 1968 Tet offensive in Vietnam. Altogether, approximately 10,600 Air Guardsmen were called into federal service in 1968. If this is the best that the Kerry campaign and the DNC can come up with... they're sunk. blogspirator.blogspot.com

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