Warmongers and military service
by Volker Weber
I find this list really interesting:
Prominent Democrats
- Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71.
- David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72.
- Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72.
- Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; Vietnam 1971.
- Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam.
- Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-47; Medal of Honor, WWII.
- John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat 3 Purple Hearts.
- John Edwards: did not serve.
- Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea.
- Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star & Bronze Star, Vietnam.
- Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-1953.
- Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74.
- Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91.
- Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII, Bronze Star & seven campaign ribbons.
- Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, Bronze Stars, & Soldier's Medal.
- Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver Star & Legion of Merit.
- Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart.
- Bill McBride: Marine in Vietnam; Bronze Star with Combat V.
- Gray Davis: Army Captain, Vietnam, Bronze Star.
- Pete Stark: Air Force 1955-57.
- Chuck Robb: Vietnam.
- Howell Heflin: Silver Star.
- George McGovern: Silver Star & DFC during WWII.
- Bill Clinton: did not serve.
- Jimmy Carter: Seven years US Navy, submarine captain.
- Walter Mondale: Army 1951-1953.
- John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs & Air Medal with 18 Clusters.
- Tom Lantos: Hungarian underground in WWII. Saved by Raoul Wallenberg.
- Wesley Clark: US Army, 1966-2000, West Point, Vietnam, Purple Heart, Silver Star. 4-star general.
- John Dingell: WWII vet.
- John Conyers: Army 1950-57, Korea.
-
Michael Moore: did not serve.
Prominent Republicans
- Newt Gingrich: did not serve.
- Dennis Hastert: did not serve.
- Tom Delay: did not serve.
- House Whip Roy Blunt: did not serve.
- Bill Frist: did not serve.
- Rudy Giuliani: did not serve.
- George Pataki: did not serve.
- Mitch McConnell: did not serve.
- Rick Santorum: did not serve.
- Trent Lott: did not serve.
- Dick Cheney: did not serve ("I had other priorities").
- John Ashcroft: did not serve, seven deferments to teach business.
- Jeb Bush: did not serve.
- Karl Rove: did not serve.
- Saxby Chambliss: did not serve ("bad knee"). The man who attacked Max Cleland's patriotism.
- Paul Wolfowitz: did not serve.
- Vin Weber: did not serve.
- Richard Perle: did not serve.
- Douglas Feith: did not serve.
- Eliot Abrams: did not serve.
- Richard Shelby: did not serve.
- Jon Kyl: did not serve.
- Tim Hutchison: did not serve.
- Christopher Cox: did not serve.
- Antonin Scalia: did not serve.
- Clarence Thomas: did not serve
- Don Rumsfeld: Navy, 1954-57, aviator & flight instructor.
- Colin Powell: Career Army, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- George W. Bush: Nat'l Guard with questionable record.
- Ronald Reagan: served in non-combat role making movies.
- Gerald Ford: Navy, WWII.
- Phil Gramm: did not serve.
- John McCain: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.
- Bob Dole: Army, WWII, seriously wounded.
- Chuck Hagel: two Purple Hearts & a Bronze Star, Vietnam.
- Duke Cunningham: nominated for Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, Silver Stars, Air Medals, Purple Hearts.
- Jeff Sessions: Army Reserves, 1973-1986.
- JC Watts: did not serve.
- Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer.
- G.H.W. Bush: Pilot in WWII. Shot down by the Japanese.
- Tom Ridge: Bronze Star for Valor in Vietnam.
-
Kenneth Starr: did not
serve.
Pro-War Pundits
- Sean Hannity: did not serve.
- Rush Limbaugh: did not serve.
- Bill O'Reilly: did not serve.
- Michael Savage: did not serve.
- George Will: did not serve.
- Paul Gigot: did not serve.
- Bill Bennett: did not serve.
- Bill Kristol: did not serve.
- Michael Medved: did not serve.
Source: Cryptome
Comments
Here is another source:
http://www.awolbush.com/whoserved.html
Regarding US-elections, this is funny, too :-)
http://www.the-1337.de/queenmum/Voting_Machine.wmv
Greets Mike
President Carter served in the Submarine Service in the U.S. Navy, but he was no submarine captain. His highest rank achieved was that of Lieutenant. (Please see the link http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq60-14.htm)
It typically takes 12-15 years before one is given command of a nuclear submarine (usually a Commander 0-5 or Captain 0-6) and 17-20 years to make Captain. (Note: given command and qualifying for command are two different distinctions.) No one has either commanded a nuclear submarine or achieved the rank of captain in seven years of service as an unrestricted line officer serving in the Submarine Service. One must be an unrestricted line officer to command or make Captain in the Submarine Service. President Carter was an unrestricted line officer, but no captain.
