Very true.
It is also total nonsnese how the liberal media uses Vietnam service as a litmus test of patriotism. These lib commentators say "Kerry went to Vietnam. Bush and Cheney avoided service. Thus, Kerry showed greater character". One question, folks: Who in their right mind would have wanted to serve in Vietnam? We were not playing to win. It is a bit like Iraq today, where thus far, we have taken only half-measures to defeat the enemy.
Why should Mr. Bush & Mr. Cheney have put their lives in peril, on behalf of a flawed foreign/military policy?
George W. Bush - Requested and was granted training on the F-102. At the time he requested the training, the F-102 was active in Vietnam - After being flight qualified, requested assignment in Vietnam. At the time, F-102 was active in Vietnam. His request was denied because his superior officers deemed him too "green" for combat duty. - After having more experience, again requested assignment to Vietnam. This time his request was denied because the F-102 was not active in Vietnam. John Kerry - Requested assignment on Swift boats at a time when their duty was not upriver, but shore. A Boston Globe story reported, "Kerry also believed a swift boat assignment would keep him away from the frontlines of combat." John Kerry himself wrote, in 1986, "At the time, the boats had very little to do with war. They were engaged in coastal patrolling and that's what I thought I was going to be doing. Although I wanted to see for myself what was going on, I didn't really want to get involved in the war."
And what about their hero, William Jefferson Clinton? He avoided the service entirely and has hated the military ever since. What hypocrites.