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   From: ta2eeneNoEmail@comcast.com   
      
   "Winston Smith, American Patriot"  wrote   
   in news:Xns94906B36465C1WSAP1962@64.164.98.51:   
      
   > "Mr. N"  wrote in inimitable style:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> "F.U."  wrote in message   
   >> news:QgNXb.173617$fH2.70327@twister.tampabay.rr.com...   
   >>   
   >>>     While American Forces were withdrawing from Vietnam in early   
   >>>     1972, why   
   >>> on earth would a reserve unit be activated to go there?   
   >>   
   >> "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.   
   >   
   > "Let's not go there."   
   > ---- Colin Powell, War Criminal and disgraced U.S. Secy of State; in   
   > testimony before the House International Relations Committee in response   
   > to Bush being absent without leave from service and duty during the   
   > Vietnam War; now contradicting himself and flip-flopping on principles he   
   > apparently does not hold deeply.   
      
      
      
      vs......   
      
      
   "The decisions that he made saved our lives.   
   He had unfailing instinct and unchallengable   
   leadership."   
      
   Kerry Vietnam crewmate Del Sandusky   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)