Volunteering
Based on a number of comments from lefties here recently, I would like to post another questions for Moore fans.
Much has been made of Bush’s “cowardice” for joining the Air National Guard during Vietnam. It’s fair to say that he did not want to go to Vietnam and did not volunteer for active combat duty, so I’m not going to argue that point. But the fact remains that protecting the homeland from Soviet bombers was a completely legitimate and honorable task at the time, and it was entirely possible that his unit could get called up for service in Vietnam.
My question is this: would someone who joined the Navy and volunteered for submarine duty during the Vietnam war also meet your definition of cowardice and dodging? Vietnam didn’t have a Navy to speak of, so there was practically no risk in vounteering for sub duty. Is this a cowardly thing to do? Why or why not?
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