en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/689595 Comments by agnesdeigh http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lgrin/2009/10/17/for-conservative-movie-lovers-john-ford-john-wayne-and-they-were-expendable-part-1/#IDComment39222845 Ah, but the "cowardice" here does not refer to his failure to serve, but the way he responded to this episode for the rest of his life. A man who would not fight for his country when it was threatened was, for the next 30 years, a loud and aggressive expert in what constituted patriotism and anti-Americanism. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:41:37 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lgrin/2009/10/17/for-conservative-movie-lovers-john-ford-john-wayne-and-they-were-expendable-part-1/#IDComment39222845 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lgrin/2009/10/17/for-conservative-movie-lovers-john-ford-john-wayne-and-they-were-expendable-part-1/#IDComment39155581 "I don't want to be in a fake war in a studio." Said Henry Fonda, who had two children, and was two years older than Wayne. And who managed to serve in the US Navy despite a lifetime of painful hangnails, unlike Big John. John Wayne gets a pass for his cowardice because of his conservative politics and all of you know it. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:14:49 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lgrin/2009/10/17/for-conservative-movie-lovers-john-ford-john-wayne-and-they-were-expendable-part-1/#IDComment39155581