Yes, Troll, but you're comparing apples and oranges. At the time of the Gulf War, the army was 100% volunteer, and the whole way of looking at deployment had changed from Vietnam Days (when we had a draft) to a model where reserve units were to be used as an integral part of the working forces. In contrast, how many reserve units were called up during VietNam? Bush was perfectly safe from enemy gunfire.

On the other hand, Gore was actually in a war-torn country and the building he was typing from could have been sabotaged or blown up at any time. More than one non-combatant was killed in Vietnam, as I'm sure you know. True he wasn't in combat, but neither was Bush so that's moot. He was in harm's way far more so than Dubya, who was goofing off, flying fun planes on our tax dollar (then skipping out of his reserve commitment afterwards), while Gore was in a very dangerous place, even if his particular duties weren't dangerous in and of themselves.

The only danger Dubya was subject to was his own incompetence. Hmm. I take it back. He was in grave danger the whole time he was in the air.

tongue in cheekily,
Alex