JohnH wrote:
On 1 Nov 2006 06:37:49 -0800, "jamesgangnc"
wrote:

You can put whatever political spin on it you like but the reality is
that if you have a technical skill or a higher education you are much
more likely to avoid being a grunt on the front lines. Even if you do
end up in a branch of the military. Certainly there are those
exceptions that volunteer to serve even though they have the
credentials to avoid being cannon fodder. And hats off to them by all
means. But if you have a computer science degree you are very likely
to work in an operations center, not a patrol unit. And your chances
of taking enemy fire are far less. This issue came up repeatedly in
the vietnam era.

He put no 'front line', 'grunt', 'Infantry', or other limits on his
proclamation. He put no limits on his proclamation calling us 'baby
killers' and 'rapists' when he returned from Vietnam.

Are you denying that those things didn't happen in Vietnam??
And for what it's worth, he didn't ever call any and everybody in
military uniform in Vietnam "baby killers and rapists".