Bush was a military deserter in a time of war! Everyone knows that strings were pulled for Bush to join the Air National Guard instead of going to Vietnam. But why did the media not cover the story that Bush skipped at least 12 months of his service without notification. That is desertion. It is also the height of hypocrisy that Bush called Clinton a draft-dodger several times in his presidential campaign Bush was not only AWOL but a military deserter. There is evidence Bush's military records were scrubbed before his campaign for the White House.