Actually, I think if you go look at the records, the charge of desertion has NOT been disproved. Bush has yet to provide any documentation or a credible witness (or any witness) that proves he performed any of the duties he says he did during the time in question. The best he's been able to come up with is that he attended a dental appointment.
Now, I don't know about Mr. Bush, but I've got my entire service record from my time in the military. You can look through it and tell where I was, and what I was doing, and who I worked for for my entire time in service. Furthermore, there's documentation for every single ribbon, medal, commendation, letter of appreciation, leave time, promotion, special request, counselling, etc in there. Complete with dates, and supporting documentation. Furthermore, my military medical record documents every medical and dental appointment, emergency room visit and medical test performed on my during the period.
In short: a military service record, for even a short period of service is several inches thick of documentation. Bush has not pulled out even ONE PAGE from his service record that shows he showed up for DUTY. A dental appointment does not count as DUTY.
For the record:
slander:words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
For my words to be slander, they would have to be provably false. I challenge Mr. Bush to prove my words false.
The Left don't really have any substitive issues, so they make their enemies look as bad as possible because if the public finds out their true position, they are out.
As someone who voluntarily served this country faithfully and honorably in a war zone, Liberator, this IS a substantive issue. Desertion and/or dereliction of duty is neither honorably, nor faithful and should not go unpunished.
