On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 22:20:00 -0400, Kevin Gowen  ...
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>mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
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>> Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
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>>>mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
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>>>>Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>>Michael Cash wrote:
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>>>>>>>>I thought that Vietnam was immoral, illegal and ignoble? That is why 
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>>>>>>>Sounds a bit like Iraq, if you put it that way.
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>>>>>>You mean 35 years from now GW is going to run for president based on
>>>>>>the Iraq Police Action?
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>>>>>No, some soldier, sailor, marine, or airman will snatch the Democratic 
>>>>>nomination.
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>>>>Why would this be? Are you claiming veterans won't join the Republican
>>>>party?
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>>>>Bush Sr did.
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>>>Yes, but that's not enough to make any Republican great. It only makes 
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>> No, but it's a start towards doing one's duty.
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>I thought one's duty was to flee to Canada in order to avoid taking part 
>in that immoral, illegal, and ignoble Vietnam police action? Surely 
>serving in Vietnam makes no one great. Bill Clinton showed this when he 
>defeated WWII veteran Bob Dole. Dole thought his veteran status would be 
>a benefit. Yeah, right.
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WWII: early 40s
Vietnam: late 60s, early 70s.

Might something else at play there.




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