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...during the Vietnam War. Let's assume he is able to demonstrate convincingly that he did attend his required training sessions in Alabama. How does this change that Bush was given special treatment and allowed to join a National Guard unit that was practically guaranteed not to go into combat? Is serving in such a unit the same as honorably serving today in a National Guard unit that is likely to see combat? Dan S. Ward Fort Collins...
...during the Vietnam War. Let's assume he is able to demonstrate convincingly that he did attend his required training sessions in Alabama. How does this change that Bush was given special treatment and allowed to join a National Guard unit that was practically guaranteed not to go into combat? Is serving in such a unit the same as honorably serving today in a National Guard unit that is likely to see combat? DAN S. WARD Fort Collins, Colo...
...candor” states that since Cleland did not lose his limbs while taking enemy fire he does not deserve the title of hero. She fails to mention the fact that he had already earned the Silver Star for previous action, and that the “non combat mission” was preparing the hill for an upcoming battle...
...would like Coulter and any of her supporters to tell families who lost loved ones in non combat deaths that their sons and daughters are not heros. Please tell that to the mother of Lance Corporal Brian Anderson, (USMC) who died in a vehicle accident. Go to Walter Reed Hospital and tell the men and women there what your view on heroism is. Our men and women in the military are not only heros because of the blood they shed for this country. They are heroes because their sacrifice allows us to live in comfort. They are heroes because they...
...Americans. In fairness, John Kerry has been as sick as a dog these past few weeks and duller than he might ordinarily be--but there was a real sense last week that Kerry, assuming victory, had lapsed into flabby aristocratic entitlement, a persona he inhabits when not in mortal combat...