My words were plain, your understanding is faulty. My son has a Ranger Tab and jump wings, but he's not seen combat as of this moment. i'm not impressed with Hunter. How does one be a member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, and a Ranger, in Vietnam, and not get a Combat Infantry Badge?...the Bronze Star, unless it has a "V" device is not given for combat...
No, not a lawyer, teacher, retired Army. Fourth Generation of my family to serve. My son is the fifth generation.
NOBODY has claimed Combat experience for Ron Paul. That would simply be absurd. In point of fact, it has not been firmly established that Ron Paul ever WAS in Vietnam...at best it would have been a stop over if he had been.
Neither Paul nor any of his supporters have ever made such a claim. You made that up.
i claimed at one time that he had been working as a doctor (never claimed that he had any combat experience) in Vietnam. My information was not correct. The information did not come from a Ron Paul supporter.
Bet your @$$ that the Democrats are going to be asking these questions if Hunter is the nominee (not likely, his poll numbers makes Paul look like the front runner). He may as well answer them now.
Fact is that the man went and served. That's plenty honorable. It's the claims (no matter whether Hunter or his friends made them) that are not in accordance with available evidence that bother me.
My objections to Hunter as a candidate are that he hasn't seen a country that he wouldn't invade. Enough American blood and treasure has been spilled and spent for somebody else's problems.
The guy needs to stop dragging his knuckles in the dirt, and realise that a border fence and invading everybody who irritates us is not a smart foreign policy. While the fence thing is a good start, it will not provide a permenant answer to our problems with immigration.