You never served a day, and you are attacking Reagan for his 9 years of military service, after first claiming that he never served at all?
Well, the retina detachment seems to have been a mention along with other mentions of what his eye problem was, so you were right to focus on that insignificant point as unverified, as you continue your attack on Reagan.
Being a minor point, there doesn’t seem to be a consensus on what his eye issue was, there rarely is on such tiny things.
There are various mentions of different eye problems that caused his “limited service” designation, but you are the first to imply that he was faking something to avoid what? being in the military after having already been serving for 5 years already?
“At President Reagan’s June, 2004 state funeral in Washington, there were huge crowds of mourners and dignitaries. Military and police honor guards. There were limousines, 21 Air Force F-15 Eagle fighters flying over in a “Missing Man” formation, and Army cannon booming away in salute to their fallen Commander-in-Chief.
But if one looked towards the caisson, the Army artillery cart traditionally used to bear the coffin in military funerals, there was a truly rare and moving sight that will never occur again in American history.
The caisson was pulled by four magnificent Army horses. Close to them, to the sound of slowly beating, muffled drums, a soldier on foot led a riderless horse named Sergeant York, to represent the fallen Commander-in-Chief. There in the stirrups, turned backwards, were Reagan’s Model 1940 US Cavalry riding boots and spurs. This old Cavalry practice continued a Roman tradition in which a slain leader symbolically faces and salutes his men on the way to his final resting place,
Ronald Reagan is the last President who was a veteran of the United States horse Cavalry, a living link to the mounted Cavalry of American mythology. Though his enemies tried to deride him as a make-believe cowboy, Reagan was a genuine Trooper- a US Cavalry soldier trained to ride into battle on horseback. His riding was not an affectation put on for show to conform to an idolized, mythologized idea of the Old West. It was the legacy of his Cavalry service, a clue to understanding the man. Yet surprisingly, little has been written on Reagan, the Cavalry Trooper.”
” Reagan began some home-study Army Extension Courses in 1935, and enlisted in the Army Reserve in April 1937, as a Private, or Trooper (the traditional name for an enlisted soldier in a Cavalry Troop) with B Troop of the 322nd Cavalry at Camp Dodge. Eventually, Reagan was commissioned a second Lieutenant in the Officer Reserve Corps of the U.S. Cavalry in May, 1937.”
“If you seek Reagan the President, his majestic, huge Air Force One and armored limousines are accessible and impressive. But to get a sense of the man, look for a humble pair of his broken-in, well-worn Model 1940 US Cavalry boots and spurs. His Cavalry service was a source of pride, to the end of his life. Although Reagan later transferred to the Army Air Corps during World War Two, his Cavalry service was a source of pride for the rest of his long life. Decades later, when he was President, the US Cavalry Association at Fort Riley, Kansas was thrilled to receive his membership application. Reagan (who would also serve as honorary director of the veterans’ organization) had taken the time to carefully detail his Cavalry service, in his own handwriting.”
-—”You never served a day, and you are attacking Reagan for his 9 years of military service, after first claiming that he never served at all?”
Wow, now you’re accusing me of ATTACKING Reagan for his 9 years of military service!!!??
You’ve completely lost it.
I NEVER attacked Reagan. Rather I used him as an example of an EXCELLENT PRESIDENT who didn’t (serve/fight) in the military. I wasn’t clear in my writing and should have said “fought in the military.” I graciously apologized for that. You, my friend, have no manners.
Re-read my post that triggered your emotional outburst and you will see what I mean. Apologies accepted graciously.
It’s a shame that we have this kind of illogic amongst otherwise rational conservatives.
P.S. You still didn’t produce a link about Reagan’s retinal detachment. I NEVER said he was “faking anything.” Those are your words not mine. Again, please don’t deviously twist my words like a liberal does... you’re embarrassing yourself.
Unlike you, I won’t jump at the opportunity to call you a liar and a troll because I believe you made an honest mistake stemming from your poor showing in your “Reading Comprehension 101” class.
For some reason Reagan got excused from fighting overseas. Maybe the “powers that be” deemed him too valuable to fight and better suited for making military promotional films... I don’t have the answer to that. In any case, I’m glad he didn’t get killed in WWII.
And furthermore, with your relentless “How many years were you in the military” prompts, you are also using the same illogic that liberals do about abortion.
They whine that “Men have never been pregnant, had an abortion or borne children, so they have no right to weigh in on abortion issues” — as if one can only understand something if they personally experience it. How flawed!
But alas, your thinking is similar: You seem to think if I never served, I am completely disqualified to discuss issues of military service as a qualifier for the Presidency.
Wow, such primitive tribal thinking...
I think you know I’m right on this, but you’re just being stubborn.