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Originally Posted by August
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Originally Posted by Tchocky
True. However, when you take into account what else was going at the time, ie the war, it is a relatively safe way to spend your time in the armed services.
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But relative to what Tchock? "Recreation Center Specialist" handing out basketballs at an army resort in Austria? (an actual military job) Like I said, a Fighter Pilot, even just in Texas, was far more dangerous occupation than Saigon pencil pusher. |
That statement implies that all the US soldiers in Vietnam drove desks. Very misleading, that.
I mean relative to a pilot in theatre. Bush's unit contained quite a few privileged Texans. Coincidence or not, I don't know for sure but it smells damn funny. Especially when he didn't bother showing up and nobody seemed to mind. Even when his flight status was suspended nobody cared. A dangerous, yet seemingly inconsequential job.
Speaking of jobs, any vacancies for the basketballs? Sounds like one of those low-paying fun jobs with lots of free time
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Of course there was always the Bill Clinton route; avoid military service altogether. Apparently even that backround allows a President to send our young men into harms way.
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Bill-O's no saint either. One could argue that he was a little more honest than W :p
I wouldn't, but someone on DU might.