[Grunthor]

“This wannabe patriot brought eternal shame on himself by the means he used and proudly admitted to the world of how he avoided the draft during the unpleasantness in Vietnam...”

I served during the Gulf war, Kosovo, Somalia and Afganistan. I enlisted then re-enlisted during times of war, knowing that I could be deployed at any time. I love my country from the bottom of my heart.

Knowing what we now do about Vietnam, I would NOT have gone.

[river rat]

"Knowing what we now do about Vietnam, I would NOT have gone."

The real question you should ask yourself - is what would you have done THEN - before you knew your government would betray the effort?

For whatever reason - it is my belief that if one wishes to refuse the Draft, there are honorable means to do so.
Nugent elected to dishonorable means....

His current bravado will never change that.

[randomhero97]

Knowing what we now do about Vietnam, I would NOT have gone.

Totally agree. Both my dad and his brother were drafted during Vietnam and served honorably. My dad doesn't say too much about it and there has to be a little alcohol in my uncle to for him to say anything about it.

They both hate LBJ's socialist ass with a passion because they knew that they were being sent to a war that the politicians didn't want them to win.

I was directly involved in Serbia for clintoon's bullshit war, Afghanistan, and GWII. I'm out now but you better believe I will refuse anything obama tries to get us into.