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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 03:13 PM
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Bolton...
Though Bolton supported the Vietnam War, he declined to enter combat duty, instead enlisting in the National Guard and attending law school after his 1970 graduation. "I confess I had no desire to die in a Southeast Asian rice paddy," Bolton wrote of his decision in the 25th reunion book. "I considered the war in Vietnam already lost."

http://www.yaledailynews.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=29455
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coalition_unwilling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 03:15 PM
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1. Classic statement of a "chicken hawk" -- all in favor of war, as long
as it's poor whites, blacks and Latinos doing the fighting.
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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 03:15 PM
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2. Strapon
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waiting for hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 03:15 PM
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3. What an Eeyore....
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 03:16 PM
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4. The article doesn't mention that he is a reptilian walrus


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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 03:32 PM
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8. Isn't that one of those hybrids
that Bush wants to ban?

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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 03:18 PM
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5. He considered it lost but worked against those saying so PUBLICALLY, eh?
He doesn't seem to much care for those Americans dying for BushInc's lost wars, and, in fact, sides with the same MIC that fucked over America in Vietnam.
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 03:21 PM
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6. This is the type of 'leader' bushco has continually appointed........
evasive chickens with lots of excuses and no substance
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 03:31 PM
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7. Let the smug, self-righteous bastard tell it to the 57,000+ on The Wall.
"I confess I had no desire to die in a Southeast Asian rice paddy," Bolton wrote of his decision in the 25th reunion book. "I considered the war in Vietnam already lost."

I dare say that none of those 57,000+ had any desire "to die in a Southeast Asian rice paddy." And a good percentage of those on the wall had long learned that the war in Viet Nam was already lost. Just like the war in Iraq was lost before it was begun, thanks to Bolton and his ilk.
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Jara sang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 03:34 PM
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9. My former boss's wife worked for Bolton.
Edited on Thu Jul-27-06 03:40 PM by Jara sang
He's a tobacco lawyer trained by Jesse Helms. Total crook. His star rose in 1981 when he defended several Reagan PACs before the Supreme Court.

http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation_CCA_C.shtml#commcause_schmitt


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