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...Bush's Days in Uniform It's senseless to bicker over whether young George W. Bush played hooky from his Air National Guard duties in 1972 [Feb. 23]. Who among us would want his or her youthful exploits examined with such critical 20/20 hindsight? What is of greater concern to me is that Bush, after scoring poorly on a pilot-aptitude test, leapfrogged over 500 men who were waiting in line for a coveted position in the Texas Guard. Sadly, a man with money, powerful connections and poor test scores cut in front of qualified men fairly waiting their turn...
...senseless to bicker over whether young George W. Bush played hooky from his Air National Guard duties in 1972 [Feb. 23]. Who among us would want our youthful exploits examined with such critical 20/20 hindsight? What is of greater concern to me is that Bush, after scoring poorly on a pilot-aptitude test, leapfrogged over 500 men who were waiting in line for a coveted position in the Texas Guard. Sadly, a man with money, powerful connections and poor test scores cut in front of qualified men fairly waiting their turn. DOUG MCCULLY Claremont, Calif...
...hindsight, we could have moved faster on some things,” he said, noting that he felt his administration should have prevented sick cows, known as “downer cows,” from going to the slaughterhouses and entering the food supply...
SADDAM WAS A TERRIBLE TYRANT. DO YOU THINK, IN HINDSIGHT, REMOVING HIM WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO? Not unilaterally, with a few British troops tagging along. I think it would have been very good to remove him once and for all with an international force, as was envisioned...
...hindsight, I should have investigated the program much more closely. It was my error not to do so,” he wrote...