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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (168628)	8/7/2001 7:07:27 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

<<Yep. I was an undergrad from '64 to '68. Not very many wanted into the military. Everyone wanted OUT. >> I was a junior in college in '69. I had drawn a 240 in the lottery. I got so tired about all the shit that white boys weren't being drafted I volunteered for the draft on December 23rd.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (168628)	8/7/2001 7:37:10 PM
From: Little Joe	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

"and his other war, the important one, the War On Poverty." Yeah. he lost that one too. Little joe

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (168628)	8/7/2001 10:02:13 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

"he war could probably have been won had LBJ decided to actually FIGHT it" Then why didn't Nixon fight it?? Or did he ? Our troop strength reached its peak under Nixon, we bombed Cambodia under Nixon, we resumed the bombing of Hanoi under Nixon ant the Tet offensive began during Nixon. So if your looking to blame a president who didn't fight the war, look to Nixon. Who was in office when the war was lost? The war ended in 1975 which means that Nixon was President for 7 years of it, longer than anyone else.