Deserter: George W. Bush's War On Military Families, Veterans And His Past

[Guest guest]

Although this book will receive no publicity on major

media the Kerry smear book will probably be given

unpaid ads every few minutes on TV disguised as

" news " .

 

During the Viet Nam War, the ones who didn't want to

go to Viet Nam had a limited number of options.

 

One was to leave the country and quite a few went to

Canada and had to accept the consequnces.

 

Others became conscientious objecters which was a

difficult road to go and may were denied that right

and were either prosecuted if they did not go or if

they did go many were forced to operate as battlefield

medical orderlies in the war zone.

 

The best way to get out of Viet Nam for those who

didn't want to stand up for their convictions was to

go into the National Guard. Everyone knew at the time

that it was a place to hide and nothing more. It

definately was the cowards way out at the time. The

Guard even used to make jokes that they would be the

very last to fight. It would only happen if North Viet

Nam invaded the USA. Since it was a very small, poor country

with no navy it seemed like a pretty safe bet.

The use of national guard troops was changed by law

later to allow their use outside the United States.

F.

 

 

 

--- Mike Hersh <mikehersh wrote:

 

> <mikehersh.com

> " Mike Hersh " <mikehersh

> Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:50:33 -0400

> [George Bush Sucks in 2001] DESERTER:

> GEORGE W. BUSH'S WAR ON MILITARY FAMILIES, VETERANS

> AND HIS PAST

>

> CONTACT: Ina Howard / 212-209-5448 /

> ina

>

> Friends and colleagues,

>

> Backed by big right wing money and the conservative

> media, the authors

> of " Unfit for Command : Swift Boat Veterans Speak

> Out Against John

> Kerry " look poised to storm the bestseller charts

> and keep the issue of

> what John Kerry might or might not have done as a

> swift boat commander

> in the Vietnam War alive. As Newt Gingrich recently

> said on The O'Reilly

> Factor, this book and these vets will cause a " mess

> throughout the

> election " for John Kerry.

>

> Nation Books has the perfect antidote to this, a

> book that could equally

> cause a " mess " for George Bush. Ian William's

> DESERTER: GEORGE W. BUSH'S

> WAR ON MILITARY FAMILIES, VETERANS AND HIS PAST is a

> revelatory and

> disturbing dissection of George Bush's record in the

> Texas Air National

> Guard and as Commander in Chief. Drawing on

> extensive research on the

> President's still mysterious military career,

> Williams convincingly

> argues that our Commander in Chief is guilty of

> breathtaking hypocrisy.

>

> While George W. Bush supported the Vietnam War, his

> family influence

> got him into the Texas Air National Guard, which,

> short of World War III

> breaking out, guaranteed that he would never see

> military action. Even

> in this safest of positions, Lieutenant Bush broke

> under the strain and

> went AWOL in Alabama for the better part of a

> year--canvassing for the

> Republican Party.

>

> In contrast, George W. Bush's Administration calls

> up contemporary

> national Guardsmen for front-line action in Iraq,

> and extends their

> terms in a form of backdoor conscription. The

> Administration ships home

> the dead and disabled under cover of darkness; those

> who do eventually

> return in one piece find their veterans' medical

> benefits and facilities

> axed.

>

> Deserter is already getting support from veterans

> and veterans groups.

> Bobby Muller, Nobel Prize laureate and president of

> the Vietnam Veterans

> of America writes:

> " Williams describes a President who inhabits a world

> where the soldiers

> are tin, where our brave men and women are reduced

> to photo

> opportunities in service not of their country's

> security but the

> President's warped political and foreign policy

> agendas. As a veteran I

> cheer Williams's courage even as I lament the

> exploitation of our

> troops. "

>

> To request a review copy of DESERTER, or to schedule

> an interview with

> Ian Williams, please give me a call anytime.

>

> All the best,

>

> Ina Howard

> Nation Books

> (212) 209-5448

>

> Ian Williams is a veteran journalist and media

> consultant and The

> Nation's UN correspondent. He is the author of The

> UN for Beginners and

> lives in New York City.

>

>

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