Nathan Phillips

Don Shipley outed him pretty good.

Good for him, too bad he claimed to be a 'Vietnam veteran'.

He also claimed to be a recon ranger -ha- I guess he was reconnoitering the brig because his DD-214 shows he was AWOL a number of times and after nearly four years as a Marine he discharged as a basic private.

Take a look at this Dash Hopes meme lol imgflip.com/i/2ru7qq?nerp=1548611268#com2923736

How many times have I showed you that during the CNN right after the incident he claimed it twice?
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I guess but seeing as he lied through his teeth in that interview, it's hard to give him the benefit of the doubt, imo.

Don't forget Clinton...Obama...
Does it really matter if someone "didn't" serve? Seems like that card only gets played against people who call themselves Republicans. Gotta remember though, Trump was a Democrat back then, so draft dodging should be considered a badge of honor among liberals.

GW Bush Jr?

Obama was a decade too young during the War in Viet Nam.

I'm just referring to service, not service during wartime, point being that it's not a requirement, and dodging the draft has been a badge of honor for some...arguably the same group deriding the current president for doing just that.

Draft dodgers are the ONLY ones criticizing Trump about HIS draft dodging? Why?
Let what you said sink in.

I was unaware that service in the military was in depenedent on party affiliation.
The WWII, Korean, Viet Nam, Panama, Afgan, Iraq, etc Vets I've known or am related to must be the exceptions.

Conservatives overall are not the ones making an issue about bone spurs, which might even be for real, but I'm not going there. As a group in general, liberals, the same ones who burned their cards in the Vietnam war, seem to find fault in his inability or unwillingness to serve: serve in a war they protested against. I find that disingenuous. My father's generation felt very strongly about it, and I'm ok with that. Personally, I've never cared about that issue at all. I oppose the draft on principal, believing that a volunteer army is a better army. And I don't think service in the military makes one better at running the country, so it's not something I argue about. As far as party affiliations in the military, I see all kinds in there even in my own family, so I don't hold that view of it being a conservative stronghold, even though they tend to vote Republican more often than not.

hey, look. Octavia_Melody. the saltiest shithead on all of Imgflip!

Better to never serve than get a less than honorable discharge, tbh.

If only Trump had had a racist Democrat Senator as a father he could have done a 4 month rear area tour in Vietnam as a photographer.

If only Trump >had< gone to Vietnam, faked a combat injury to claim a third Purple heart to cut his tour short, then thrown his medals over the WH fence in protest, then gone to meet representatives of the government that was holding and torturing US servicemen so he could show solidarity with those people killing his countrymen.

Or Trump could have lied to the Arkansas ROTC and signed up just in case he had a low draft lottery number than quit ROTC once he found out he had a high draft lottery number. "In order to maintain my (sic) political viability within the system".

But the facts are that Trump turned 18 on June 14 1964 and at the time there were under 25,000 US service members in Vietnam fighting John F. Kennedy's (Democrat) war.

The Tonkin Gulf resolution based on Lyndon B, Johnson's (Democrat) lies did not pass until August 1964.

And at the end of 1964 there were still fewer than 25,000 US service members in Vietnam fighting JFK's (Democrat) and LBJ's (Democrat) war.

It was not until 1966-67 that LBJ (Democrat) expanded the US troop presence in Vietnam to over 200,000.

So at the time Trump became eligible for the draft:
1) Vietnam was not on anyone's radar and there was no need to dodge the draft to avoid Vietnam and
2) the US military wasn't sending draftees to Vietnam anyway so there was no need for them to push for the inclusion of more draftees.

If Army doctors had not classified Trump as 4-F (4-F is a classification given to a new U.S. military registrant indicating that he or she is “not acceptable for service in the Armed Forces” due to medical, dental, or other reasons), he would have completed his two years of draft service no later than the end of 1966 and would have avoided LBJ's (Democrat) escalation of the war anyway.

Those claiming Trump was a "draft dodger" don't understand how the world works and are just parroting the insane Left.

When will Leftists ever do any historical research?

My Father was in the 82nd airborne from late 59 to 63. He actually saw JFK . JFK wanted to see a full airborne division in its entirety . It was at ft Bragg during the "Cuban missile crisis" They were ready to"Go" . Some ppl dont realize how close we were to going. My Dad said they had the C130's(I think) engines running and were just waiting the "order" that never came.. When it was time to 'Re-up" they thought the next big thing was going to be in south america. my dad said they asked for volunteers for Vietnam but they all thought it was "Nothing". It wasn't until LBJ got into office that Vietnam really escalated. By that Time my dad had been out for yrs. He was called to 're-up" and become a mercenary by fellow airborne in S America, but at that time, He was married and I may have been on the way.

yw

Hey bob. When did you come back.
Yes liberals are history retards.
Great bits of information.

Work has been dominating everything. Glad to be at least semi-back anyway...

Yep, no bone spurs...

Well... have YOU served in the military

So don’t criticize others for not