“He refused to serve in a war he thought was wrong “
Horesh*t.
he did whatever his Nation of Islam handlers directed him to do.
If you were ever around him it was obvious he had the mentality of a child.
Believe as you wish, though I don’t believe you were present in any conversation you claim occurred.
Since the justification of out involvement with in Vietnam was later shown to be false, I don’t quibble with anyone who paid a price legally.
“The Gulf of Tonkin Incidents ... a National Security Agency document declassified in 2005 later revealed that the second attack did not actually occur. Conflict or not, the event resulted in U.S. Congress passing the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which allowed then President Lyndon B. Johnson to intervene in the face of “communist aggression” and escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam.”
“If you were ever around him it was obvious he had the mentality of a child.”
The ridiculous Will Smith movie about his life attempted to make him out to be a studious person who always had a chip on his shoulder. Nothing was further from the truth. His image was carefully crafted from the minute a group of white businessmen in Louisville bankrolled his start. In reality he was an easy going person, who had a child-like quality about him. He was forever joking and the taunting opponents was taken from professional wrestling. The Nation of Islam saw in him a perfect recruitment tool and he was coached in what to do and what to say for years by these thugs. The black man against the world was started by them. Ali came from a middle-class background and had two strong parents. He had plenty of white friends and a white man got him interested in fighting.