You are correct, GG. It was an atrocity. Committed by a political party that continues to commit atrocities today, but which you apparently champion nonetheless.
Really Phil, the point you oughta be makin', who were the defense contractors receiving the governments largess and who were the politicians awarding it? Then take that a step further and figure out who got the kickbacks.
But that wouldnt drive the narrative now would it?
Wrong, like all you fools that still believe Viet Nam was started by Johnson and we didn't have any troops there until '65. When in fact, it was Nixon that first sent troops their as VP under Eisenhower while the French were still there. Most of you all don't know nothin from nothin.
Wrong, like all you fools that still believe Viet Nam was started by Johnson and we didn't have any troops there until '65. When in fact, it was Nixon that first sent troops their as VP under Eisenhower while the French were still there. Most of you all don't know nothin from nothin.
Phil
The first ad hoc troop deposits were under Johnson Phil, Ike and Dicks people were advisors.
Believe that if you want... Same as you all call Iraq and Afghanistan the Obama war. [bleep], Bush Sr. with '91 and his pissant son with all his lies in 2003... not hard to figure which party is what.
Wrong, like all you fools that still believe Viet Nam was started by Johnson and we didn't have any troops there until '65. When in fact, it was Nixon that first sent troops their as VP under Eisenhower while the French were still there. Most of you all don't know nothin from nothin.
Phil
The first ad hoc troop deposits were under Johnson Phil, Ike and Dicks people were advisors.
Phil has no understanding of history
Remember when Obama was killing innocent children with drones Phil? How many wars did Obama have ? Five?
Program instituted under a Democrat administration
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...Robert McNamara and the Johnson Administration sold Project 100,000 as an expansion of Great Society welfare programs where poor, mentally disabled men could learn important life skills. Labor Secretary Daniel Moynihan said, “Expectations of what can be done in America are receding. Our best hope is to use the Armed Forces as a socializing experience for the poor.”...
What, ...no mention of deferments for Democrat Bill Clinton? Joe Biden ?
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...Children of the affluent middle class could avoid the draft by seeking an educational deferment (like Dick Cheney) or by finding a friendly doctor to get a medical deferment (like Donald Trump). ...
They were exempt, being employed by the deep state cabals Chinese commies.
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
I believe it. I was in RVN 1968. had a troop working for me that kind of fit that category. In 1966 when I was there a kid out on the range picked up 2 mortar shell and banged the ends together. Boom. In thinking back he probably fit that group.
Something rarely ever brought up when talking military deferments during the Vietnam war is the approved deferment for skilled trade apprenticeships which many took advantage of to avoid avoid serving in Vietnam.
A good friend of mine at the time did this. Late teens, fresh out of high school, lived at home with his parents, from an ordinary working class family, not wealthy or with political influence. He took advantage of a body repair and paint apprenticeship program offered at the vehicle dealership where he was already working. Wound up years later owning his own successful body repair / paint shop.
He did this mainly on the advice of his older brother who told him to do whatever he could to stay away from Vietnam. His brother was Green Beret (I know he was SF because I saw his dress uniform and beret) and had just recently finished his military obligation, got out, and never looked back.
Believe that if you want... Same as you all call Iraq and Afghanistan the Obama war. [bleep], Bush Sr. with '91 and his pissant son with all his lies in 2003... not hard to figure which party is what.
Phil
Thank God Nixon got us out of Afghanistan and Trump ended 2 wars