After Billy Boy Clinton deceived ROTC Instructor Col. Holmes to get his ROTC deferment, he reneged on that commitment after getting a high draft number. He then wrote Holmes a letter detailing as to how he “loathed the military.”
Clinton was an unapologetic, lying draft dodging POS. Even if Trump got a fraudulent 4-F deferment (which I don’t believe he did)He has never expressed anything but admiration, respect, and gratitude for the service that the armed forces does for this nation.
Besides, he fights for the best interests of this nation and it’s people of any POTUS that I can remember in the last 30 years or so, as it’s current Commander in Chief...
I was in the ROTC program at the University of Arkansas when Bill Clinton came to Fayetteville to plead his case. I never met Bill Clinton, either that weekend or before or after; but I do know that he stayed with Mac McClarty that weekend. Mac was a friend of mine back then and, of course, a long time friend of Bill. I was part of student government back then and Mac was the President of the Student Body. I was supposed to be escort Senator Barry Goldwater who was scheduled to speak on campus, but I had a hot date with my future wife and begged off. McClarty told me that he would find a replacement and I forgot about it. The replacement on that weekend was Bill Clinton.
I knew COL Holmes and his executive office, LTC Clint Jones. COL was a survivor of the Bataan Death March and spent WWII in a Japanese POW Camp. LTC Jones was a recepient of the Distinguished Service Cross for valorous actions in Korea. Holmes was pressured by the Arkansas Governor and Senator Fulbright to admit Clinton. In the end, he agreed to do it because since Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar and that fact would help the ROTC program. I think that he made a good decision. At that time, many graduate students and law students were applying to ROTC since their deferments were ending. Holmes could only accept about 100 candidates from hundreds of applicants, but Clinton was certainly in the top 100 candidates.
When Clinton got a high draft number and wrote the famous letter to Holmes, COL Holmes ordered LTC Jones to destroy the Clinton file. He believed that it wouldn’t be fair to Clinton years later. LTC Jones did not agree and secretly kept a copy. Both were honorable men, unlike Clinton, and made reasonable decisions. Both of those men molded my character and I remember them fondly.
Agree