Why isn't Bush nephew fighting in Iraq, instead of fighting police

Oh...and the relatives of politicians are important. I remember a bunch of nasty things being said about John Kerry's wife on another site. If she is important enough to bash, then so is a relative of Mr.Bush. But I know people will disagree with me...

 

Hang in there FTR , we're only scratching the surface right now. You might have a little bit more respect for Aslanspal after all is said and done.

 

Hey Brother Alan let's get constructive..

 

Maybe the children of every politician in this thread did encourage all the younger generation in their families to enlist. Maybe they tried really hard to get them all to enlist.

The fact remains that the older generation in a family can't make the younger generation of that family enlist. I can't even get my kids grades at college even though I'm paying for it.

Now, I did some stupid things when I was this kids age. They weren't my parent's fault. I was old enough to know better. They certainly weren't my uncle's fault.

 

I'll take that bet. I'm going with "Matt Drudge is a Sodomite and lives a disgusting lifestyle."

 

Why isn't ASLANSPAL fighting in Iraq instead of posting on the BB? Kind of hypocritical, don't you think?

 

Rocko,

Hang in there FTR , we're only scratching the surface right now. You might have a little bit more respect for Aslanspal after all is said and done.

Thanks for the encouragement but have seen far too many of his posts and threads to be optimistic. You know, he has actually made some good points before, which I've acknowledged at the time, but those are like finding diamonds in a dung hill--I don't think they're worth the effort the more I read.

 

PEOPLE LET'S NOT GET CARRIED AWAY>

SIMMA DOWN NOW>

 

I'll take that bet. I'm going with "Matt Drudge is a Sodomite and lives a disgusting lifestyle." </font>[/QUOTE]Hey! No fair Channeling. Turn in your remote control.

 

I am wondering if you will answer this question forthrightly about leadership - at noon on January 20, 2009 who would you like to see taking the presidential oath of office(limited to someone who might actually run in 2008)? I will even go first - my choice would be Congressman Tom Tancredo.

 

O.K. I'm 0 and 1 on predicting Aslanspal
for my next prediction I see a young man, yes it is John Ellis Bush and he is serving a patrol unit of some kind , yes it's coming in clearly now he is serving on trash patrol along a Texas highway .The young Mr.Bush is being very optimistic and says that this is better than being in Iraq dodging bullets.

 

Aslanspal digging up dirty dirt on the Bush family:

 

Change the personal pronouns to fit yourself, ASLANSPAL.

 

Since when does the actions of a relative reflect on an entire family?

If my uncle was the president and declared a war, would I be obligated to go because we are related?

Or do I speak for all of my relatives?

ASLANSPAL, your post makes no sense at all.

 

"Since when does the actions of a relative reflect on an entire family?"

They always do...especially when you are in the public eye. It is kind of like when such a big deal was made and many nasty things were said about John Kerry's wife during the election. People figured, with such an awful person for a wife, how could he be a good president?

 

Since he hasn't said so himself...I'm going to take a shot at it. Because he doesn't believe the war is just. I believe he is referring to people who do believe the war is just. In which case, he doesn't have to be fighting in Iraq. Therefore, not hypocritical in the least. Actually...it's consistent with his position.

 

At the risk of injecting reason into a political discussion, should we not start here? What evidence is there that this "family" is "deeply convicted" that this war is just? So far as I know, the president thought, based on the evidence as he perceived it, that the war was the right thing to do. What others in his family thought, particularly a young nephew, has not been shown.

Secondly, believing a war a just and right does not obligate anyone to join up to fight. Perhaps this nephew disagreed with his uncle. Perhaps he doesn't. Thinking a war is right, and joining the military are two different things.

All thinking people can see the fallacy of this whole thread. It is yet another ridiculous attempt to inject foolish thinking into the discussion.

 

I hope you weren't implying that I'm not a thinking person Larry.

"Secondly, believing a war a just and right does not obligate anyone to join up to fight." Ok. And believing a war is unjust and wrong does not make someone unpatriotic or a traitor. They don't have to "support the cause". Am I right?