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Posted on 1/7/24 at 3:58 pm to dcbl
Posted on 1/7/24 at 3:58 pm to dcbl
Trump like most rich kids in the 70s were able to wiggle out of the draft. To be honest most anyone with life ambitions would do the same. They we getting shipped off to Vietnam for a pointless war to be ambushed in jungle. It just wasn’t a good idea to sign up for Someone smart like trump would tether go into business and build himself an empire rather than die for a military industrial complex’s one. However most fighter pilots complete their missions & return to base repeatedly their entire careers. They don’t get made into politicians
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Posted on 1/7/24 at 5:11 pm to theCAW
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To be honest most anyone with life ambitions would do the same.
Depends on the person and the society
Civil War - lots of future Yankee Robber Barrons bought their way out of the draft and then profited greatly by those who died and served
World War I - some of the most elite families sent their men to fight and die
World War II - same as World War I in that the children of some of the most elite families served their country and died fighting
Wars & Conflicts since - poor send their kids to fight and die so rich kids can stay at home and make money off the dead.
DJT went to a military school to get access to a good college yet got daddy to pull strings to avoid serving. McCain went to Vietnam and suffered the consequences yet still did his duty with honor before returning home.
I respect when those of means serve, and do not respect those with means who take the cowards way out through daddy's money and influence.
Here is a post from the Political Board and why we study history.
This post was edited on 1/7/24 at 5:24 pm
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