Scott:
Seriously? Did you not live ANY of your formative years during Nam? If you served, thanks for your service (truly!). Military service is honorable in the pursuit of Liberty across the globe..
Being deployed at the whim of a politician to make himself look better is not equivalent to serving the Liberty that the USA can offer. My SIL is in Ghanny because he believes that the Afghanistanni people deserve liberty from the tyranny of Islamic rule (HINT: LBJ didn’t care about the liberty of the Vietnamese...he cared more about the political situation related to the war. He lost focus.)
ANYONE, regardless of race or wealth, attempted to get every available deferment available so that they were not sent to LBJ’s meat-grinder. I applaud their efforts...even the men who went to Canada.
LBJ mishandled the war. Even then, he and his advisors’ did so in the WORST WAY. Even Nixon, a know military hawk, couldn’t fix it.
Yes. Seriously.
At what point do we stop at deferments and cross the bridge to draft dodging? Anyone can invent a reason to avoid service in time of war. So where does it stop?