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It's little more than typical neocon chest-beating pap.

First off, service in the military has nothing whatsoever with an individual's ability to perform the duties of President or Commander-in-Chief. Bush II proves that perfectly.

Secondly, if anyone DARED to question the service records of Bush I or Dole, I'm sure the neocons would go into an absolute tizzy. But they did this same exact thing to John Kerry - a decorated war hero. Not to mention they did it more subtly to John McCain (see also "they eat their own") in order to pave the way for a less moderate candidate in the (R) primary in 2000.

The crap about John Kerry enlisting "just prior to being drafted" is utter speculation. No proof of this is offered.

So here, just to fan the flames, since that's what this post is about - I believe that Bush I and Bob Dole's military service is questionable, the accounts of their supposedly heroic deeds are suspect and the award of their medals/commendations ought to be re-investigated. I think I'll put a campaign together called "Allied Powers Non-Veterans for Truth". It'll have about as much credibility as that other organization that sprung up out of nowhere (funded almost entirely by a well-known neocon supporter, BTW) to slander John Kerry.

Shoe's on the other foot. Want to keep war heroes war heroes? Think we ought to take their service and decorations at face value? It's a little late for that.

Maybe the 'cons bank on everyone out there having short attention spans and memories.

Some of us don't. Unfortunately for them.