I wonder what Bushs daughters both had joined the Military and one or both killed if that change his mind?

Wonder Woman

AMEN!!! I was just saying that during the Presidential Speech last night to my boyfriend who just served 8 years in the Navy. Have you seen Michael Moore's documentary when he goes up to congressman to inform them of the military for their children and the absolutely disgusted looks they gave him as "why would my child be in the military?" It is ok to spend 10 billion a month on the war, but yet lower rank soldiers/sailors are getting paid so low that they could qualify for food stamps. don't even get me started brother!!! :)

Retired

First you need to learn proper English. General Paytraiss (Spelling may be wrong) has a son that just completed jump training three days ago and has been assigned to an infantry unit with the 101st Airborne Division.
If you took the time to look it up you would find others whose parents are in congress are on active duty.
Please don't state falsehoods as facts, doing so makes you look really stupid!

man of ape

Wait a minute we are not in the 60's, there drafting no one here, these people in our military joined of there own free will, or because they could not find a job and had his 2 daughters joined and died the war would still be on.

rotorhead

I don't see Chelsea volunteering for anything, military or otherwise.

Amos S

old and boring question.I have no children,should i be exempt from payng school taxes?Not married either,should i be exempted from paying taxes that support women in need?
Have an alarm system as well as firearms,can I stop paying taxes to support a police and fire department?

Ahcho Nam

Then you don't know much. Thanks for clearing that up for us.

desert rat

Its hard being a parent and having to send your child of to a war whether its unpopular or not.Many polititians over the years have sent their children off to war and many politicians have served themselves.I would think most presidents,prime ministers etc have regrets about the decisions they make.But I would think that most of them could not stop their children serving in a war zone if the kids really wanted to.
Take the royal Family in England one prince Charles sons wanted to serve in Iraq,it was the military itself that stopped him as his presence would have endangered his fellow service personal because of who he is.Hard choice.

single occupant

sadly Robert, there is actually a law that prevents the children of a standing president from serving in the military.

An actual law.

The excuse for the law is that the child of the president may get favored treatment and that would be unfair to the troops.

But Jenna and Barbara?

Come on:

they're Daddy's kids. If they had to serve at all they don't even have his option to choose the safety of the National Guard.

Now they send the guard overseas with the rest of the cannon fodder.

desertviking_00

Quentin Roosevelt served in our Army's Flying Service in France in World War One. He was killed in combat. His father, former President Theodore Roosevelt still kept pressing President Wilson for a commission to go to France and serve. Theodore Roosevelt III, the son of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the assistant division commander of an Army division which landed at Utah Beach in the Normancy invasion. Senator Joe Biden of Delaware has two sons on active duty, both of whom are deployable. But, as I recall, to date no female child of any elected official has even been in uniform.

planksheer

No. I doubt it. He would see them as a worthy sacrafice towards his war. But then this would never happen would it?

kimmyisahotbabe

I don't think the sons or daughters of the president should be in combat. Suppose they were to be captured, tortured, beheaded (on tv)? It could be a terrible situation.

President Bush is risking his life for our country. Our enemy would like nothing more than to kill him, and they're willing to die for that cause. Like others have written, we have an all volunteer military that is bravely, and successfully defending the USA and destroying our enemy.

Sarah

Actually, it's worse than that. Rich kids don't go into the military, and a lot of the time it's the people with no other options (can't pay for school, etc). And people who have no other options don't have political power.

So it's not just poitical leaders, but also business and social leaders who affect global politics sending the working classes off to gain for them and never having to worry about fighting themselves.

D P

No. The only way he would change his mind is if he were getting shot at.

Count Chocula

you are probably correct.

Chris v

bush is an idiot.

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