Lastly, I too am getting a little tired of people in the current administration who never served in the military at all, let alone in a war zone, speaking flippantly about our troops and what is best for them...
Two issues I have with this:
- There NEVER has been a requirement of military service to be elected President, or for that matter for someone to speak to what they think is best for the military...
- President Bush served in the Air National Guard...while there may be some dispute as to the fullness of his service, his commanding officers at the time considered the matter closed. Vice President Cheney had 4 student exemptions for the draft during Vietnam (as my own father did) and one for the legal "hardship" qualifications of the day.
I don't think we want to get into a discussion over who was in school to learn and who was just there to avoid the draft. There were MANY who were exempt from the draft based on specific guidelines of the time, whether it be school, married, or other dependant based hardship clauses.
Elected civilan leaders have been making statements about what the military needs or is best for the military as long as there has been a military, this administration is no different.
Well back on topic...
I really could care less about Kerry's remark, though I do find it amusing that all of this backlash for something that he should have seen coming long before hand...some poor speach writer should get fired for that one...
