Reply #22: check this link out ... fact check on AWOL allegations against GW Bush [View All]

[TheBaldyMan]

I warn you it does not make comfortable reading if you think the sun shines out of Dubya's butt. All the allegations turn out to be supported by authentic documentation and verified eye-witness reports. The bogus memo looks suspiciously like a plant. The media ignored the real stuff and spent hours of airtime and thousands of column inches on the fake memo.

some extracts:

• Bush: I did my duty A Boston Globe report Sept. 8 concluded that Bush "fell well short of meeting his military obligation" because of irregular attendance at Guard drills. The Globe said Bush's superiors "could have disciplined him or ordered him to active duty in 1972, 1973 or 1974. But they did neither."
• Bush:The TANG stopped operating the planes I was trained to fly The Associated Press reported Sept. 8 that newly obtained records show Bush's Texas unit continued operating the type of airplane that Bush was trained to fly until 1974, long after Bush's last flight in April 1972. Bush aides once suggested that a reason he stopped flying and later skipped a flight physical, leading to his official grounding, was that his services weren't needed because the F-102 Delta Dagger planes were being phased out.
• Skipped the queue to avoid the draft The CBS program 60 Minutes aired an interview Sept. 8 with former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes, who said he used his political influence to get Bush into the Texas Air National Guard in 1968, when the Vietnam war was raging. "I would describe it as preferential treatment," said Barnes, a Democrat who is supporting Kerry. "We had a lot of young men that left and went to Canada in the '60s and fled this country. But those that could get in the Reserves, or those that could get in the National Guard -- chances are they would not have to go to Vietnam. Barnes received $10Ms in no-bid contracts to run the state lottery from the State of Texas while the Bush family was in charge

These are just a few of the instances originally raised by an investigative reporter Greg Palast. The story was spiked in the States until CBS decided to run it a couple of years after it entered the public domain. If you Google "Bush AWOL" you come up with enough links. It is strange how a guy that was in the Guard for all those years couldn't come up with a solid paper trail to prove where he had served and when he had served. But the genuine stuff that did turn up and was released show that he didn't meet his committment.

one link that mentions it is http://www.factcheck.org/article254.html">factcheck.org

This is an investigation on a related report but does include a lot of background detail on the genuine DoD documents tracked down.