Powell vs. Bush...
Feb. 13th, 2004 02:21 pm"I did my duty, and it's politics, you know, to kind of ascribe all kinds of motives to me. But I have been through it before.
I'm used to it. What I don't like is when people say serving in the Guard is - may not be a true service." - G.W.Bush, Meet the Press, 02-08-04
VS:
"I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and well-placed... managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard units...
Of the many tragedies of Vietnam, this raw class discrimination strikes me as the most damaging to the ideal that all Americans are created
equal and owe equal allegiance to their country." -Colin Powell, "My American Journey", page 148
I'm used to it. What I don't like is when people say serving in the Guard is - may not be a true service." - G.W.Bush, Meet the Press, 02-08-04
VS:
"I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and well-placed... managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard units...
Of the many tragedies of Vietnam, this raw class discrimination strikes me as the most damaging to the ideal that all Americans are created
equal and owe equal allegiance to their country." -Colin Powell, "My American Journey", page 148