"R.Hubbell" wrote in message
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On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 15:32:15 -0800 "Tarver Engineering"
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"Pilot Bob" wrote in message
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
news Not everyone. Not my a long shot. While he did seem to shirk
some
responsibilities, the record is not quite clear on exactly what
happened.
However, he *was* a youngun. I might have done a stupid thing or
twenty in
my younger years, too.

It is impossible to be AWOL from the National Guard, as drill
attendance was
optional.

Call it whatever you want. The fact is that, using his father's
connections,
he got placed in the National Guard to avoid the Vietnam draft and
even then
did not have the balls to meet his commitment.

There were open slots in the ANG in Texas, for anyone elidgeable. When
GW's

Eligible in that case meant you better be an quarterback or the son of a
rich man. Not just anyone got those slots. Everyone knew that then.
It's not been forgotten by a lot of people who had loved ones that died
serving their country. I won't forget either.

Anyone that wanted to join the Texas ANG could, excluding felons and the
children of Kluxers. In fact, most of the draft dodgers of the day could
have joined the Guard just by relocating to a State with open slots.

F-102 unit changed over to a new airplane, there was no way they were
going
to pay to retrain a short timer. GW's job would have been to sit at a
desk
doing nothing.

Well at least you acknowledge that he decided he wasn't going to serve his
country
because he got a boring desk job. Any way you slice it he did not fulfill
his
responsibilities to his country. That's not someone I respect.

Sure he did, but Dean dodged the draft.