XPost: alt.war.pow-mia 
 From: jkaatz@nyc.rr.com 
  
 Actually the President's father was a Naval hero and an Ace. Flew some 80 
 plus combat missions in the Pacific.  The current President did serve in the 
 National Guard and his unit was never called up during Vietnam.  He served 
 at the pleasure of the Governor of the State of Texas like all Guardsmen. 
 Today, Guardsmen are finding themselves on the line serving in Iraq and 
 elsewhere because their units have become "federalized".  The President has 
 taken action long overdue to make sure that all Reserve and National Guard 
 units are up to date in terms of training and readiness and last years 
 appointed LTG Blum, USA to make sure it happens.  Knowing General Blum the 
 task will be accomplished and it is a well known fact that many reserve and 
 guard units across the nation are filled with combat veterans and thus are 
 on equal footing with the active military.  During the Vietnam war Bush was 
 in a Guard unit that could have been called at any minute and whose mission 
 during peace time played a key role in defense of the Southern Tier as were 
 other units active, reserve and national guard where part of STRAC.  The 
 concern at the time was of course Cuba an ally of North Vietnam.  It would 
 be far to say that Bush put his time in and could have been called upon if 
 DOD needed it to be deployed world wide.  He served his nation in the 
 National Guard and as a former combat veteran who flew missions in Vietnam I 
 am proud that he is our President because he has more than just a basic 
 understanding of the nature, application and projection of forces. 
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 > He killed 2000 enemies with his bare fists and strangled additional 
 > 800 with his feet. 
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 > Then he awoke from his dreams ... 
  
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