Bush was never in any danger of going to Vietnam, and anyone with any sense knows that, as were none of the farmer's sons where I live. They all got agricultural exemptions. A lot of young men from my small town went, but not one single farmers son went. Their fathers had money. Lots of money. Hmmm. I had two family members that went (one twice), and came back with the same attitude: Vietnam was not being fought to win!
At the time I could not pass the physical when I was called. Had I have passed, I would have went, I would not have run like some did. Were they wrong to run? I guess knowing the truth NOW, I would have to say no, not really, but I wouldn't depend on the runners in a tight spot.
I NEVER believed we should have went to Iraq, and that it was, and still is, a mistake. My youngest went to Iraq twice, and I resented it then, and now. It changed him in many ways not for the good. He said the Iraqi man was not worth savin, and I agree. When he went to Afghanistan, I prayed he would come home, and he did, but even Afghanistan could have been done much different, and with less cost of lives. We need to get out of there ASAP. It isn't called "The Grave Yard of Empires" for nothing.
Merle Haggard wrote song several years ago that the "liberal news" basically killed. A line in that song was: "Politicians do all the talkin, and the soldier pays the dues". Truer words never spoken. Always have, and always will be that way.
