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"George W. Bush is first and foremost, and in all ways a coward. He is a man who evaded serving in Viet Nam and then went on to leave his post while on a cushy active reserve state side assignment. He is a man who qualmlessly sent men and women to die and be maimed on assignments he would have moved heaven and earth to escape and evade himself. He is a man who orders others to physically and psychologically abuse defenseless men in US custody. He is a man who will use the great force of our nation to wrecklessly kill, maim, capture, detain and otherwise destroy fellow human beings."
I assume you feel the same way about Bill Clinton, who received a draft induction notice, worked out a deal with Colonel Eugene Holmes to serve instead in the ROTC, and then reneged on his commitment after the lottery system was changed later that year. That didn't stop Clinton from deployment our military more than 40 times. I also assume you would have a problem with the Messiah deploying troops since he never spent a day in uniform.
