You have not proven that he was not drafted by reciting how one available program targeting health care professionals was offered.
The correct sequence “appears to be” that he a. received a draft notice which gives one the option of reporting as an enlisted person in the Army or volunteering to join any of the services as an officer. He opted for b. the latter and he subsequently extended beyond his initial tour commitment. The fact that he chose to go back to his medical profession after serving this way is in no way dishonorable.
At the time, there was a supplemental effort to recruit qualified health professionals which are absolutely necessary in the military. He was a doctor at the time - why would he go into the infantry?
Unless you can prove that he never received a draft notice your argument is just a bunch of compounded rhetoric built on a flimsy premise. Just like the libs do...
I’m not a Paulista - but I’m getting tired of the wailing and gnashing of teeth and the lack of fact checking going on lately as conservatives and libertarians trash each other.
He “inferred” he was drafted, meaning, he signed up for the draft and was drafted. He could not have been drafted (as I mentioned before) but went on to attack Newt because he wasn’t drafted. Paul was 27, married with one child. No way he would have been drafted. He could have easily said he “volunteered” to become a flight surgeon but instead said he was drafted meaning too that he went UN-volutarily but had to be brought in by the draft law. He’s a disingenuous liar. Period.