Bush, Cheney "back problems" to avoid Vietnam, big yellow streak down back

The author of the LTTE below in Mobile Register, Alabama is a prolific LTTE writer.

Letter brings back military memories

Betty Jones correctly points out President Bush' record in the National Guard and his sorry performance ("Bush's real record in National Guard," Nov. 25).

She mentions that he joined the Texas National Guard in May 1968. My mind raced back in time and I remembered that I was on my second tour in Vietnam, fighting in the infamous A Shau Valley (which we called the "valley of the shadow of death" as it became an air crew graveyard).

She also mentioned Bush's failure to get a flight physical in 1972. Of all the lies Bush has told, this has to be one of the most blatant. He said a flight surgeon wasn't available. In 1972, I was an Army pilot in a non-flying status attending college in Omaha, Neb. I had no problems getting a flight physical at the local Air Force base.

I think there is a possibility that President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney both suffered from back problems when they were trying to avoid service in Vietnam. The problem was a big yellow streak running down the back.

I am not anti-National Guard. I was in the Texas National Guard from 1955 until 1962 and can't recall missing a single drill.

CARL L. HESS

Ozark

Both of them....Damnnnn.

How did Bu$h jump ahead of so many others on the waiting list to get into the champagne unit?

Well, we all know it was family connections. Subverting the system and screwing those who were on the list to get a slot.

Who went to Nam for little Prince Georgie??

How in the hell did we get here. The big question though is what do we do now, going along to get along is not getting us very far. I think after the 'holidays' we need to start rattling some cages. This is bushit to be held hostage by the sorry, lying, chickenshit, chickhawk, no good sum B*.

Got that right. GW Hoover & Tricky Dick "go fuck yourself" Cheney are mofo psychopathic cowards who have no trouble sending other people's kids to die for them.

Alabama. Alabama is red-state hell. But, unlike their party masters, the citizens there do revere war veterans. If anyone could woo the denizens of Dumfukistan away from the chickenhawks-masquerading-as-patriots, it would be a war veteran like this guy.

Hess is an outstanding Democrat, a retired CWO with a distinguished record.

:toast: to Hess and other veterans who continue to write LTTE, they're making a difference!