Though Bolton supported the Vietnam War, he declined to enter combat duty, instead enlisting in the National Guard and attending law school after his 1970 graduation. "I confess I had no desire to die in a Southeast Asian rice paddy," Bolton wrote of his decision in the 25th reunion book. "I considered the war in Vietnam already lost."
Seems like all of our current leaders are guys who some how tipped toed around Viet Nam.
Opps my bad - one of our current leaders did spend 3 months there.
I am amazed by all of the Yalies in American politics. How can one small college have so much political influence? That is an investigation just begging for attention.
Piloting a Century-series jet fighter is hardly "tiptoeing" around military service. You seem to have drunk some of the Kool-Aid. Take a look at their loss rates in peacetime/training missions.
Hey, if you had the opportunity to get out of going to Vietname (legally)....by going to college, law school or whatever wouldn't you.....especially by 1970 it was fairly clear that the US really didn't have it's heart in it to win that war. Johnson was a megalomaniac, but as far as his policies re: SE Asia,I need to do more reading.