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grumpier User ID: 2436291 Netherlands 05/07/2016 02:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A snip from the article: Trump spent the war years beginning the journey from merely rich to super-rich. ----------------------- It is just the truth. Since I do not care about the military....still thinking Trump is your best choice. If you think a thread is important enough for others to read, go to page one and click on the green pin!!! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 23724904 United Kingdom 05/07/2016 02:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | He’s leading the Republican pack and loves to talk tough about ISIS, but it’s worth remembering that Donald Trump dodged the draft on five separate occasions and avoided military service at every opportunity. Quoting: train snip: [link to www.deathandtaxesmag.com] I'm at a quandary here. I'm a vet and also support Donald Trump, but would like to know the other side of this story. Is there any truth to him dodging the draft? Anyone who managed to avoid the illegal war-crime that was Vietnam is OK |
train (OP) User ID: 71276461 United States 05/07/2016 03:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | He’s leading the Republican pack and loves to talk tough about ISIS, but it’s worth remembering that Donald Trump dodged the draft on five separate occasions and avoided military service at every opportunity. Quoting: train snip: [link to www.deathandtaxesmag.com] I'm at a quandary here. I'm a vet and also support Donald Trump, but would like to know the other side of this story. Is there any truth to him dodging the draft? Anyone who managed to avoid the illegal war-crime that was Vietnam is OK I think all wars fall into that category once they're analyzed. When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you--You know your nation is doomed. Ayn Rand |
grumpier User ID: 23503710 Netherlands 05/07/2016 03:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sorry to much pins now Will try later Last Edited by grumpier on 05/07/2016 03:41 PM If you think a thread is important enough for others to read, go to page one and click on the green pin!!! |
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AC User ID: 43108858 United States 05/08/2016 03:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't mind draft dodgers for political candidates as long as they do not advocate for a new war every six months. Those types - we call them Chicken hawks. And I detest them. I have a LONG list of Chicken hawks The ones I detest. Trump never even came to mind. Not on the list. Go do something else |
Stralian' User ID: 72151418 Australia 05/08/2016 03:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | He’s leading the Republican pack and loves to talk tough about ISIS, but it’s worth remembering that Donald Trump dodged the draft on five separate occasions and avoided military service at every opportunity. Quoting: train snip: [link to www.deathandtaxesmag.com] I'm at a quandary here. I'm a vet and also support Donald Trump, but would like to know the other side of this story. Is there any truth to him dodging the draft? If you knew then what you know now, would you go again? Strayan |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 22373790 United States 05/08/2016 03:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I saw this mention the other day on Democracy Now, they had a guest on who was going over Trumps mafia ties. He also said how Trump dodged the Vietnam draft due to bone spurs in his feet, then capped it off by saying how Trump loved to golf. They were obviously not pro-Trump. Reaching just for the sake of talking shit on the Don. |
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Nuke68 User ID: 47917525 Ireland 05/08/2016 04:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In 66 he also was classified as 1-A which means available for unrestricted military service but, he wasn't called up. He had the deferment anyway because he was in College. In 68 he had A-1 but didn't get called and 1-Y which means available only in emergencies such as a war (the US was never officially at war with Vietnam). I guess it changed to 1-Y because he was now older and out in the work force. In 72 he had 4-F, Not acceptable for military service for a medical reason. As Far as I see it he went to College from 64 to 68 to get an education. So what, a lot of men did. Getting an education made you exempt. In 68 he didn't get called and his status changed to 1-Y because he was working and older. By 1972 the war in Vietnam was winding down and the US was starting to get out. Had he been classed 1-A and called it's unlikely he would have gone to Vietnam anyway. Last Edited by Nuke68 on 05/08/2016 04:43 AM |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 19385328 United States 05/08/2016 04:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm a combat vet. US Army 19 Delta Recon 1992. Not everyone can be a soldier. Every citizen can't join the military or there'd be no one to run the country. Not every single person is meant to be a soldier. I think the draft dodger meme started back in the old days when a Commander and Chief was expected to be a Vet. Those were the days of conventional warfare. Huge battles between tens of thousands of soldiers. The world does not work that way any more. Warfare today is economic. It is assymetrical. It is strategic. In today's world you could technically say that Trump is a hardened General. He has successfully led a corporate army. The type it takes to run a country in today's world. If he has a problem with someone like Hillary or Soros who are the real enemies of humanity, he can just order a drone strike or a heart attack gun. |
nutmeg User ID: 70579162 United States 05/08/2016 04:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | He’s leading the Republican pack and loves to talk tough about ISIS, but it’s worth remembering that Donald Trump dodged the draft on five separate occasions and avoided military service at every opportunity. Quoting: train snip: [link to www.deathandtaxesmag.com] I'm at a quandary here. I'm a vet and also support Donald Trump, but would like to know the other side of this story. Is there any truth to him dodging the draft? I think most of the years he avoided the draft was when he was in college. As you know, men were were exempt while in college. My husband was exempt while in college....around the same time as Trump. He graduated, and a year later we had a big wedding. We both had a great jobs, we settled down (we thought), and four months after the wedding (in 1968), he received his draft notice. We thought it was awful...our lives were disrupted. We were both 25 years old. I had to move again (the 4th time in a year) when he went to boot camp. The funny thing about it is that he ended up making the military a career as an officer, for 26 years. He was never in a combat role. I didn't agree with him making it a career, but it wasn't up to me. Looking back, it was an interesting life. We got to live in Europe and some interesting places. Certainly not boring. lol Last Edited by nutmeg on 05/08/2016 05:01 AM |
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BunnySwanson User ID: 64219047 United States 05/08/2016 04:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wars leave a generation of men who would be Stand up men - maimed, dead or in shell shock. Leave this matter of "fighting for your country" to the days when we did not know exactly who was benefiting from the war - America has lost every war it has ever fought - and the cost of money and lives has weakened it - This is war tactic in itself. America is being destroying and it has been going on for 50 years. Had a dream long ago which showed me the future and it was not pretty. Been watching closely ever since. |
train (OP) User ID: 71276461 United States 05/08/2016 11:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | He’s leading the Republican pack and loves to talk tough about ISIS, but it’s worth remembering that Donald Trump dodged the draft on five separate occasions and avoided military service at every opportunity. Quoting: train snip: [link to www.deathandtaxesmag.com] I'm at a quandary here. I'm a vet and also support Donald Trump, but would like to know the other side of this story. Is there any truth to him dodging the draft? If you knew then what you know now, would you go again? Hard call. I come from a military family, father and 4 uncles in the AF, so I probably would go to avoid family shame. But I would not go with great zeal. When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you--You know your nation is doomed. Ayn Rand |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72175507 France 05/08/2016 11:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | He’s leading the Republican pack and loves to talk tough about ISIS, but it’s worth remembering that Donald Trump dodged the draft on five separate occasions and avoided military service at every opportunity. Quoting: train snip: [link to www.deathandtaxesmag.com] I'm at a quandary here. I'm a vet and also support Donald Trump, but would like to know the other side of this story. Is there any truth to him dodging the draft? not the kind of guy you can respect. What makes him presidential? hard question to answer |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 71690411 United States 05/08/2016 12:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | He’s leading the Republican pack and loves to talk tough about ISIS, but it’s worth remembering that Donald Trump dodged the draft on five separate occasions and avoided military service at every opportunity. Quoting: train snip: [link to www.deathandtaxesmag.com] I'm at a quandary here. I'm a vet and also support Donald Trump, but would like to know the other side of this story. Is there any truth to him dodging the draft? not the kind of guy you can respect. What makes him presidential? hard question to answer Phft..easy answer. The ones who created the worlds mess doesn't want him in power. That is reason enough for me. Um, anybody will be an upgrade to what is holding office now. Oh, right..Let us elect yet another esquire...we are so enlightened. Lawyers never lie... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 71511476 United States 05/08/2016 12:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Correct. After getting automatic student deferrals while in college, a lottery was instituted, in the waning years of the war. Students who had graduated or deopped out would be automatically drafted normally, but when the lottery began, those who drew high numbers were exempt. Both my brothers were lucky this way, like Trump, and avoided the draft. |
Da Babba of DaBill User ID: 68290079 United States 06/03/2016 11:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | He’s leading the Republican pack and loves to talk tough about ISIS, but it’s worth remembering that Donald Trump dodged the draft on five separate occasions and avoided military service at every opportunity. Quoting: train snip: [link to www.deathandtaxesmag.com] I'm at a quandary here. I'm a vet and also support Donald Trump, but would like to know the other side of this story. Is there any truth to him dodging the draft? Men of privledge were always protected by their wealth. It is the way our system worked and if the draft should unfortunately be enacted again, the same will happen today. Trump lacked the balls to fight. His family knew that and protected him with their attorneys filing for deferments. Sadly the U.S. will likely never have a president that served in the military during a time of war again. The courage to engage an enemy whose sole purpose is to kill you doesn't truly exist in 95% of those in the political arena. They speak out with balls the size of a Bramah bull knowing that they are sending or are willing to send others to die. No, not for your freedom, for their friends in the corporate community and banking industry. No, not for your interest, for the claiming of resources to aid the profits for the corporations and banking industry they sent our fathers, uncles, sons, and now daughters to collect and then protect. My father and his twin brother both had the balls it took to go and fight in Vietnam.They volunteered to go and didn't wait to be drafted. I know deep down they would have gone even if they were fortunate enough to be born into wealth. They were the right type of men who weren't and unfortunately still aren't afraid to stand up and face down any thing that threatens them. Donald Trump should count his blessings that he didn't go to Vietnam. Fourty six years later it still affects both my father and uncle in ways that he could never understand. Luckily both my father and uncle have the balls it takes to keep fighting. Whether it's the Vietcon in their memories or the Agent Orange they were affected by, both have suffered since the mid 80's with life changing illnesses brought on by both. Donald Trump should consider himself in debt to men like my father and uncle. He owes them more than he knows. It's Headley. |