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Um....Floats anyone??
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Paris said:Charles De Gaulle:
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Commissioned as a second lieutenant, de Gaulle joined an infantry regiment in 1913. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In WWI,de Gaulle was wounded twice in the first few months of the conflict. Promoted to the rank of captain in February, 1915, de Gaulle fought at Verdun where he was wounded again and on 2nd March, 1916 was captured by the German Army. Over the next 32 months he was held in several prisoner of war camps and made five unsuccessful attempts to escape. After the Armstice de Gaulle was assigned to a Polish division being formed in France where he served. He fought against the Red Army during the Civil War and won Poland's highest military decoration, Virtuti Militari.[/FONT]
George W Bush:
February 1968: Bush takes an Air Force officers test. Scores in 25th percentile in the pilot aptitude portion.Declares that he does not wish to serve overseas. November 7, 1970: Promoted to first lieutenant. Rejected by University of Texas School of Law. May 26, 1972: Transfers to Alabama Guard unit so he can work on Senator William Blount's reelection campaign. According to his commanding officer, Bush never shows up for duty while in Alabama, nor can anyone confirm he ever serves in the Guard again. August 1972: Bush is grounded for missing a mandatory physical. October 1, 1973:
The Air National Guard relieves Bush from commitment eight months early, allowing him to attend Harvard Business School.
How goes the Iraqi democratic process.
Paris:
Apples to oranges. I'm talking a (insert sarcasm here) "french war hero," and you're talking a current (not very popular) president.
But thanks for playing. Now go put out your fires and work on the surrender practice!
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