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To: jlallen who wrote (148784)10/24/2004 8:41:14 PM
From: GST  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
<In the US there are people who see the military as a way to receive benefits, but who did not expect to be sent to war.

That would make them as "absurd" as most of your posts then.....>

No, many like Bush when it was his turn to serve knew that the Guard would preserve their reputation while getting them out of combat duty. Now we use the Guard instead of the draft.


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