Trump Avoided Vietnam

   The Smoking Gun got documents that show that Donald Trump avoided servicing in the military and having to go to Vietnam.  Remember he was the son of a VERY rich man.
   That information could be why he never runs for political office.  He has lied about why he did not go into the military.  He has said that he had a very high number but the truth is that he got four student deferments and one medical deferment.

  

  The reason, I think, it is so bad is that he has been saying on TV recently that if he was President of the United States he would use the military power of the United States to kick ass. He has said he would take the oil from other nations and do all sort of crazy and wild things and now we find that he did everything he could to not go into the military and serve his nation in uniform.
  Also his father was a multimillionaire and it seems that when Republicans have money their sons have not served in the military. 

  By the way… Donald Trump and I have something in common!  No not a rich father.
I also got a “1-Y” medical deferment.  We also have something else in common.  We both went to a military high school.
  But after high school I went down to join the military and they refused to take me because I was so under weight.  Donald Trump went to college after high school.
  Both of us a few years after high school got called down for our Selective Service Physical Exam.  I passed and was issued a 1-A card and I went right to the Army and attempted to join.  They said they had a list of everyone that was 1-A and I was on the list and they would have been contacting me to join if I had not come down.  So I started filling out paper work to join and picking what I wanted to do in the military and then they checked with the Selective Service again and found that they had failed to look at my height and weight and that I was under weight and the Selective Service told them that they would send me a new card and that I was “1-Y”.  So the Army showed me the door.  Later the SS would change all people that were “1-Y” to “4-F”.
  Donald Trump also got called for his physical examination and failed for some reason and he got a “1-Y" card that was later changed to “4-F”.

  I will be glad when we do not have to hear about Donald Trump.  I am sure most real Republicans feel the same way.  Most of the right wing blogs I have seen call Donald Trump a Democrat.  So you know they fucking hate him.
  Truth is I am not sure Trump has a party other than the Donald Trump Party.  He is just a self promoter.  He is like the balloon boy dad except smarter and he has lots of money.

Comments

[Mars]

I wish sometimes we'd give all those who dodged Vietnam a break. Anyone in their right mind would want to avoid going to war. If anyone of us had enough money to pay our way out of it, anyone of us would do too.

If it was me, I'd be more concerned about those with a wealthy, priviliged background, who still chose to go to Vietnam.

[Jim Howard]

I agree that now so much time has gone by that bring up did someone serve in the military in Vietnam should not be an issue EXCEPT in the cases like Donald Thrump.
Because he is saying that if he was President of the United States that he would go to war to take oil from the nations that have it PLUS he is making other wild statements about the MILITARY action that he would be ready to take.
Now if John McCain would make those statements that is one thing but from a guy that went out of his way NOT to serve in the military and now he is saying he would send them into harms way ... I think we should look at the background and service to the nation.

Not sure I understand why you think we should be concerned about people that love their nation so much that they want to serve in the military.
I also detect, and I hope I am wrong, that you are saying that military service is for the lower class and un-educated.

[Mars]

I guess what I am saying is that FORCED active service is is impressed upon the lower class and "un-educated".

[mars]

I would hope it was true, that any person who has seen active service, would do anything within their power to prevent conflict. Looking at history, I'm not so sure that this happens.