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Thread #73181   Message #1267870
Posted By: Nerd
09-Sep-04 - 04:27 PM
Thread Name: BS: Bush AWOL revisited
Subject: RE: BS: Bush AWOL revisited
By the way, even more NEW information came out on CBS last night. Most important were four memos from Bush's Texas commanding Officer. One makes it clear that Bush was suspended for failure to meet USAF/Texas Air National Guard standards AND failure to take his physical, which is different from the White House's previous claim. It means that even beyond the physical, his performance had been subpar and he was NOT meeting his obligations. In another, the CO complains that he is being pressured from above to whitewash Bush's bad record.

So again, an honorable discharge doesn't prove much. We have direct evidence in the CO's own writing that Bush was not serving adequately, but that this was hidden because of his dad's (then a former congressman and current UN ambassador) influence.

So his father got him an honorable discharge. That doesn't mean he served adequately.