http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=221062&category=LETT

Thanks, Bush! Now I realize I served, too


First published: Sunday, February 22, 2004

I didn't serve my country in the military, so of course I couldn't

myself a veteran. But George Bush has made me realize that maybe I did
serve, and have simply forgotten the names of my service buddies, the

and the number of months I served in any given location. I may be a

after all, an absent-minded one who happened to serve under absent-minded
commanders.

If you're a vet, think back to your own time in service. Isn't it

to remember where you served, or who you served with? Of course it is. So
you can sympathize with someone's confusion on the matter.

It's sad, really: All those great old buddies, all those shared

all that bonding, and I can't remember even one name. How cruel memory

be. And apparently none of them has any memory of me, judging from the

of Christmas cards.

Of course, I didn't go on to become famous; if I had, you can bet I'd

from them, right? Hey, if I was rich and powerful they'd be tripping over
themselves to step up and vouch for my presence in the military. Wouldn't

I hope you believe me. I'm increasingly certain I served with great
distinction, in the same branch Bush did, in fact. The one that doesn't

records. There are lots of branches like that. Honest.

JACK GRIFFIN

Eagle Bridge

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".........The one [branch] that doesn't keep records........."



No problem.
They're in a military facility in Colorado.

All Bush has to do, is give the OK for the press to enter and inspect the

That will shut the critics up, once and for all.
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