That buddy was Paul Bishop, who at the time of the interview was a pilot for a charter airline that was flying war supplies into Iraq. He was also a veteran of the first Gulf War and voted for Bush in 2000. "I never saw hide nor hair of Mr. Bush," Bishop said.
He told the Flyer that he did not pay much attention to Bush's claims in the 2000 campaign, but he had since the Iraq war started. "It bothered me," he said, "that he wouldn't 'fess up and say, Okay, guys, I cut out when the rest of you did your time."
"He shouldn't have tried to dance around the subject," he stated, "I take great exception to that. I spent 39 years defending my country."
This interview with the Flyer is 3 years old and back then Bishop was already saying that he disapproved of the way Bush was handling the war and believed the problem was due to Bush's lack of combat experience. "I think a commander-in-chief who sends his men off to war ought to be a veteran who has seen the sting of battle," he said.
"In Iraq we have a bunch of great soldiers," he stated, "but they are not policemen. ... right now it's costing us an American life a day. ... We've got an over-extended Guard and reserve."
It would be interesting to hear what Mr Bishop has to say about Bush these days.
In light of his obviously low IQ, it could honestly be said that Bush simply can not remember the name of every guardsman in Alabama, but according to a spokesman for the Alabama Guard, there were 600 to 700 members in that unit and Bush can not remember one name, and amazingly, not one Alabama guardsman has come forward to proudly announce that he served his country right along side the current President of the US.
In any event, first hand sitings would be impossible to find because Bush's own military records prove he was AWOL in Alabama and Texas. In the fall of 1972 after the election Bush reportedly did return to Texas but not to Ellington Air Force Base.
On May 2, 1973, his Superior Officers at Ellington, Jerry Killian and William Harris, stated they were unable to complete Bush's "yearly" evaluation because: "Lt Bush has not been observed at this unit during the period of this report."
Which means a year after he trotted off to Alabama, and 7 months after he returned to Texas, Bush's commanding officers in Texas still thought he was in Alabama. The report said Bush "cleared this base on 15 May 1972, and has been performing equivalent training in a non-flying status with the 187 TAC RECON GP, Dannelly Ang Base, Alabama."
Americans should tell members of Congress to consider the military service record of the man deciding the fate of our young men and women in Iraq before granting his next request for funding to keep them there until hell freezes over apparently.
Evelyn Pringle evelyn-pringle@sbcglobal.net
(Evelyn Pringle is a columnist for OpEd News and an investigative journalist focused on exposing corruption in government and corporate America)
What "military service" does a senseless slaughter require?
Since the Iraq war is illegal and immoral and has no legitimate military or political "goal" in the first place, what "military service" does Bush need?
Let's face it, the Iraq war is nothing but a horrific, senseless atrocity, planned by a bunch of bloodthirsty, delusional Zionists.
Since, to such warmongers, neither the lives of their own people nor those of the "enemy" matter at all, they need to be nothing more than delusional, dishonest, psychopathic moral cowards. Those are the only qualifications.
In any case, look at John McCain. Now there's a "person" with "military service". Is he any more rational or any less bloodthirsty than Bush? Obviously not.
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jpsmith123 (3 articles, 1 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 286 comments)
on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 10:48:01 PM
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