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Written by Johnny Israel
Fifty Eight Thousand brave soldiers lost their lives during the Viet Nam conflict. Hundreds of Thousands returned to the United States crippled, maimed, seriously injured, while others have undergone post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Not to mention they returned home to an unforgiving nation that reviled the very uniform they wore.
The late sixties and seventies were turbulent years for America’s youth. Civil disobedience raged across this nation as America’s youth were embattled in bitter protests against unscrupulous politicians, and corporations profiteering financially from an unwarranted war. Thousands of Americans were beaten bloody by the police, they were arrested and cast into prison, their family were threaten bodily harm, and worst of all; some were murdered by ruthless law enforcement agents. Most Viet Nam veterans returned home vehemently against this immoral war, and saw it as nothing more than a propaganda of lies and deceit by the government.
As the blood of fifty eight thousand soldiers lay soaked in the jungles of Viet Nam, George W. Bush conceived an unscrupulous scheme to avoid the Viet Nam war altogether. George W. Bush, now the President of the United States, was a member of the Texas Air National Guard, it was during his National Guard service, he lost his flight status for his failure to fulfilled the requirements of his military service contract during the Vietnam War. Texans For Truth, specifically questioned the quality of Bush's service in the Guard, whether he benefited from favoritism in obtaining the position (since at the time it was considered probable that reservists would avoid combat), and whether he fulfilled all of the requirements of his service contract.
The unit in which Bush served was known as a "Champagne unit," where the scions of the Texas aristocracy could avoid combat duty with relatively few demands on their time. Serving in that unit with Bush were the sons of three prominent men: Democratic Governor John Connelly, Democratic Senator and future Vice-Presidential nominee Lloyd Bentsen, and Republican Senator John Tower , as well as seven members of the Dallas Cowboys professional football club, and a man named James R. Bath, who would become a longtime friend of Bush's.
George Bush used his father’s political influence to steer clear of his military commitment. For eight months G.W. Bush did not report to his National Guard Base. Where was he? He claims he was working for his senator father, and that his military superiors approved his military duty absence. The truth is George Bush cow-towed to his father’s shirt tail as his fellow soldiers lay dieing on foreign soil.
America’s Commander-in-Chief cowered in the face of the enemy during the Viet Nam conflict, now he’s at it again. Only this time, while he remains warm and comfortable in the Whitehouse, it is more American soldiers courageously dieing on foreign soil at the direction of a coward. As despicable as Hitler was, he at least won Germany’s Iron Cross for bravery during WWI. George W. Bush has neither served with honor, nor has been principled in truth. American soldiers continue to shed their blood, while he profiteers off Iraq’s oil. His lies for war are nothing more than window dressing for what he calls ‘world democracy’. Cowards are willing to sacrifice other peoples blood for own their benefit, as is proven with this President. He has been, and remains, a President without honor.
