infowarrior wrote:John Webb:
Consider that they are the sons of GOP chickenhawks.
GOP CHICKENHAWK GALLERY
George "aWol" Bush. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: timid daddy's boy
Dick Cheney. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: "had other priorities"
Spencer Abraham. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: Harvard law School
Elliot Abrams. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: bad back
Andrew Card. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: college deferment
Don Evans. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: college deferment
Asa Hutchinson. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: college deferment
Richard Perle. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: college deferment
David Stockman. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: college deferment
Tommy Thompson. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: hid in Guard
Paul Wolfowitz. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: college deferment
John Asscroft. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: "teaching business ed"
Ted Olsen. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: college deferment
Antonin Scalia. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: college deferment
Ken Starr. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: psoriasis
Clarence Thomas. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: law school
Lamar Alexander. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: college deferment
Bob Barr. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: college deferment
Gary Bauer. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: college deferment
Jebby Bush. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: timid daddy's boy
Tom DeLay. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: attended grad school
Newt Gingrich: Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: attended grad school
Dennis Hasert. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: bad knees/fat
Jack Kemp: Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: injured knee playing football
Don Nickles. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: cushy Guard slot
Dan Quayle. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: timid daddy's boy
Brit Hume. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: college deferment
Alan Keyes. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: law school
David Limbaugh. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: hid in Guard.
Rush Limbaugh. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: anal cyst, homosexual
Roger Ailes. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: college deferment
Bill O'Reilly. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: college deferment
George Will. Avoided: Vietnam. Reason: attended divinity school
Well, avoiding Vietnam ain't no reason to condemn anyone - probably evidence of intelligence and foresight as much as anything else!
Thing is, war is usually older men (and now women) sending young men (and now women) off to fight. I don't think it is a valid criticism of this, or any war, simply to say that those prosecuting it are not involved directly. Or - if it is, then it is almost certainly a valid criticism of almost all governments in ALL wars - 'cept mebbe WW II. There are plenty of other reasons to condemn it.