At least Rumsfeld did his bit (as did my daddy: 35 years an active Marine and 3 tours in VN).
Chickenhawking is a sore point with me.
/I volunteered and failed my PIP.
//the Navy wanted nothing to do with my minor heart condition
I wasn’t old enough but did serve in the Air Force. I just think its a tired old tactic of the leftists. They see no problem with avoiding the war but will certainly use it as a lever to try and hurt someone they don’t like.
As long as they didn’t run to Canada, the UK, or an AA gun in Hanoi I really don’t care if they used the system to avoid military service. The military isn’t improved by draftees.