Colin Powell on National Guard

"chief of personnel in the Texas Guard from 1972 to 1980,
remembers no pilot shortage. "We had so many people coming in who
were super-qualified," he said. [LAT 7/4/99]

Wonderful!

The Los Angeles Times takes a factoid that explains why Bush went off
flying duty in 1972 and uses it to demean his acceptance in 1968.

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In article ,
(ArtKramr) wrote:


From where I sat, it was a ferocious and threatening display of raw,
confrontational, Executive Branch power. It immediately reminded me of
something I had read in his autobiography in which he wrote:

I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and well-placed ...
managed
to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard units .... Of the many tragedies
of Vietnam, this raw class discrimination strikes me as the most damaging to
the ideal that all Americans are created equal and owe equal allegiance to
their country (Colin Powell, My American Journey, p. 148)


"The only thing we regulars are good for is to keep the guns clean for
your reserves, and to lead you into battle."

Chesty Puller, General, USMC