Toad,
"Alabama would have written up any AWOL charges. BUT THEY DID NOT. Not even an Article 15, the absolute lowest form of administrative punishment."
Even the source you cite has his commanders and supperior officers saying they didnt' know where he was...
NO ONE KNEW WHERE BUSH WAS.... EVEN BUSH CAN'T EXPLAIN WHERE HE WAS....
He's a question that is begging to be answered...
Why didnt' they find out? Why didn't his supperiors find out where he was?
I know when I was in the service, when someone didnt' show up for role call, questions were asked.
Could it be because the Air National Guard was sympathic to providing a haven to Vietnam shirkers... and those questions just were not asked back then?
You know that's a documented fact that this happened.
By today's standards, no one would get away with being AWOL - And that's what you are basing your arguement on - which is BS.
Because, during those times, back then in our glorious patriotic history, AWOL was practiced regularly by the ANG and the well-connected.
So what's you're point? You haven't refuted anything by saying "could of would of should of"
Even your own citation argues against your point of view.
The fact is he was AWOL... starting the very same year the ANG started testing for Cocaine and illegal substances.
Motive? Yes... he did not want to get caught using drugs.
Come on... refute the fact that Bush just 3 years ago lied about his arrest record. Or was that a slip of the tongue?
What about the secret service stomping all over the constitution?
here's a link for you....
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/2505290/detail.htmlhttp://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-protest-lawsuit,0,7114058.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlineshttp://www.voiceoffreedom.com/archives/joearticles/usfarrestdismissed.htmlDid the secret service not sequester these anti-Bush protestors... or is that more libral media BS?
Toad... let's talk about US citizens denied the right to due process.
How American is that?
US born citizens in jail since 9/11, not allowed to see a lawyer, not allowed contact their families, not allowed to know why they are being held, not allowed to see the evidence against them....
Why is that?
Is this America or KGB Russia?
Is this Cuba?
Is this Iraq?
Is this China?
Is there a Constitution with a Bill of Rights?
Why isn't this President upholding his oath to protect the constitution?
it's ok to hold people for years... with out any formal charges... with out due process right?
Because we know they are quilty... is that the thinking?
Why? Because they have a rag on their head?
Remember shortly after 9/11... Rumsfeild wanted to start a national database of "suspecious" activity... he wanted a 1-800 number so that neigbhors could report rumors about neighbors... so hopefully... he could find a pattern that would identify terrorists... drug users... criminals.. and any one opposed to the current administration...
Eeek! Sounds like how the KGB worked in the USSR during the cold war.
That idea didn't fly for very long... yet he susgested it and was serious...
Kind of scary!