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Originally posted by Lycanthrope
I'm not defending Bush, but I'm certainly not going to call someone that spent 40 some odd days in Vietnam and recommended himself for medals, only to throw them in the dirt, (then later pick them up, polish them and have them vacuum sealed for use during his future political career) a hero neither.
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He was commander of a swift boat for four month but lets not let a little thing like facts get in the way.
He was against a stupid war and tried to stop it to save more people from getting killed. Wow.
And where was our "war president" at that time. He could not even be bothered to show up for an assignment to guard the Gulf of Mexico against the Viet Cong.
And Dick "go fuck yourself" Cheney. He got 5 deferments because "I had other priorities in the '60s than military service."