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pinboy3niner

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5. Not "avoiding active duty," that's how he avoided going to Vietnam

Reply to Samantha (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 2, 2015, 02:31 AM

Nov 2015

"I'm saying to myself, 'What do I want to do?' I think I don't want to be an infantry guy as a private in Vietnam. What I do decide to want to do is learn to fly."

--George W. Bush in a 1989 interview

At Height of Vietnam, Bush Picks Guard
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/bush072899.htm

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Just saw the Mary Mapes/Dan Rather movie "Truth.. [View all] Peregrine Took Nov 2015 OP

Don't Know About Burkett But Rather & Co Made A Major Mistake On Those Documents. TheMastersNemesis Nov 2015 #1

Did you like it? tavernier Nov 2015 #2

The bigger question is where kacekwl Nov 2015 #3

I don't know but that story of Bush* being AWOL was old news by the time Rather reported it Samantha Nov 2015 #4

Not "avoiding active duty," that's how he avoided going to Vietnam pinboy3niner Nov 2015 #5

Rachel did an interview with Rather and a good background piece mnhtnbb Nov 2015 #6