32-Page Analysis of Bush's {lack of} National Guard Service

[mbali]

Cited by Nicholas Kristoff in the New York Times!

President George W. Bush’s Military Service: A
Critical Analysis

Introduction

By way of background, I am a retired (1999) Army colonel with
active Marine enlisted service (1967-69). I have been a registered
Independent my entire political life and truthfully can say I have
voted for members of both the Republican and Democratic Parties at
the local, state, and national levels.

Stories in 2000 on the Internet about Bush’s military record
piqued my interest. I requested and received a copy of his records
from the Headquarters, Air Reserve Personnel Center (ARPC), and
Department of Army and Air Force Air National Guard (ANG) Bureau
(Bureau) in 2000 right after the election. The Bureau provided all
the substantive records that, incidentally, coincided with the
documents available on the Internet.

This analysis concluded that Bush failed to fulfill faithfully
and fully the solemn obligation he accepted when he enlisted in the
Texas ANG (TXANG) in 1968. The nature of his service is an
important issue in this 2004 presidential election because it
received scant coverage in 2000 and because it strikes at the heart
of Bush’s credibility.

In 2000, Bush ran on bringing back “dignity and honor to the
White House (WH)” and being a “compassionate conservative.” Since
9-11, he has wrapped himself in the flag to push forward a domestic
agenda that is anything but compassionate and well to the right of
center; embarked on a perilous new national security strategy of
“preemptive war” and invaded Iraq; and even has used the uniform to
garner political support, the first for a President in my lifetime,
although there have been others who had more illustrious military
service. Bush himself brought on the renewed scrutiny of his
military record by stressing his role as Commander-in-Chief of the
U.S. armed forces, declaring himself a “wartime president,” and
using the word “war” more than 30 times in the course of an
interview on “Meet the Press” that lasted less than an hour.

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/opinion/lechliter.pdf

[acmavm]

1. End of the report:

<snip>

In the final analysis, the record clearly and convincingly proves
he did not fulfill the obligation he incurred when he enlisted in
the Air National Guard and completed his pilot training, despite his
honorable discharge. He clearly shirked the duty he undertook in
1968 upon enlistment and in 1969 upon completion of his flight
training at Moody AF Base. Less than two years after Bush won his
solo wings, he walked away from his duty to serve as a fighter pilot
while troops were still dying in Vietnam. Moreover, he received
fraudulent payments for INACDUTRA.

We have not yet heard a satisfactory explanation by the President
for his abandoning a profession he purportedly loved passionately.
He, therefore, must four-square his past public statements about his
performance with the official record and must explain why he
prematurely abandoned a commitment to serve his Nation in the TXANG
during another war to pursue personal goals. As a self-proclaimed
“wartime president,” this President owes the U.S. public, especially
the military and veterans, no less. He certainly cannot rely on his
military record to answer these questions.

<snip>

[cthrumatrix]

9. OUCH

[democrat_patriot]

2. Holy crap.

Kick - although I don't this report will need one.

[City Lights]

3. Kick. n/t

[TacticalPeek]

4. Kick. n/t

[complain jane]

5. Thank you for posting this

kick

[DeepModem Mom]

6. kick

[abburdlen]

7. "Moreover, he received fraudulent payments for INACDUTRA."

And I thought Cheney was the one stealing from American public.

(BTW INACDUTRA=Inactive Duty Training)

[bigtree]

8. .

[NewYorkerfromMass]

10. Front Page Globe today: Bush never completed duty

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/09/08/bush_fell_short_on_duty_at_guard/

[Julian English]

11. The summary on page 3 of the PDF is literally an indictment of Bush

Summary.
The following analysis of President Bush's (Bush) military
records and the controlling legal authorities shows the following
beyond any reasonable doubt:
* The pay records released by the White House this past winter
prove Bush received unauthorized, i.e., fraudulent, payments
for inactive duty training, even if he did show up for duty.
* The memorandum from Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Albert C.
Lloyd, who affirmed for the White House that Bush met his
retention/retirement year point requirement, is an
obfuscation, or outright deception, that disregarded Bush’s
failure to meet the statutory and regulatory fiscal year
satisfactory participation requirement.
* Bush’s superiors in the Texas Air National Guard failed to
take required regulatory actions when Bushed missed required
training and failed to take his flight physical.
* Despite seemingly laudatory comments, Bush’s May 1972 officer
performance report was a clear and unmistakable indication
that his performance had declined from the annual 1971
report. The report was the kiss of death before he left for
Alabama that year.
* Bush did not meet the requirements for satisfactory
participation from 1972 to 1973.

[TacticalPeek]

12. Kick.

:kick:

[papau]

13. So CNN says their expert says no big deal (on Lou Dobbs show!)

....www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/opinion/lechliter.pdf

Why must the media lie?