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First, Biden got student deferments for the draft and the asthma deferment came in 1968. And while your claim is a fair one Biden could easily provide documentation that he had childhood asthma.
Trump's "heel spur" thing is a little different. If Trump had heel spurs at that time then he would still have them now. A simple foot X-Ray could have shot down any claims that the Viet Nam deferment wasn't legit.
Yep. And I believe that back in the Vietnam era, *any* history of asthma would disqualify you from service. I think nowadays, you only get disqualified if it persists into adulthood.
(Though you can get rid of a bone spur with surgery. My friend did this a few years ago.) I'm sure Trump could have had that done as well, but there'd be a record of said surgery.
Also, Biden is known to have a stuttering problem. I'm not sure if that would also be a disqualifier or not?
I just cannot see someone like McCain, or others like him, being more cautious about sending other people's children to die in a war.
McCain was crazy.
However, after seven years in the Hanoi Hilton, most everybody would be crazy.
I DO THINK a combat veteran, having experienced direct fire, would be more cautious about sending other people's children to fight (and potentially die).
However, after seven years in the Hanoi Hilton, most everybody would be crazy.
I DO THINK a combat veteran, having experienced direct fire, would be more cautious about sending other people's children to fight (and potentially die).
Kennedy was a combat vet. He sent troops to Vietnam.
Yep. And I believe that back in the Vietnam era, *any* history of asthma would disqualify you from service. I think nowadays, you only get disqualified if it persists into adulthood.
(Though you can get rid of a bone spur with surgery. My friend did this a few years ago.) I'm sure Trump could have had that done as well, but there'd be a record of said surgery.
Also, Biden is known to have a stuttering problem. I'm not sure if that would also be a disqualifier or not?
I don’t know either, but that’s an interesting question. I never thought of that before.
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McCain was crazy.
However, after seven years in the Hanoi Hilton, most everybody would be crazy.
For the most part I agree, but I think McCain went in crazy.
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I DO THINK a combat veteran, having experienced direct fire, would be more cautious about sending other people's children to fight (and potentially die).
It should stand to reason that they should feel more cautious, but there are those who had been in the midst of battles and are/were still pro war. We have had presidents who'd served and that did not stop them from creating new wars or stopping existing wars.
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Yep. And I believe that back in the Vietnam era, *any* history of asthma would disqualify you from service. I think nowadays, you only get disqualified if it persists into adulthood.
(Though you can get rid of a bone spur with surgery. My friend did this a few years ago.) I'm sure Trump could have had that done as well, but there'd be a record of said surgery.
Also, Biden is known to have a stuttering problem. I'm not sure if that would also be a disqualifier or not?
Apparently only if it is significant. Apparently if it's not significant then it would not be a disqualifier.
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Speech Affected Disorders
Any speech impediment, stammering, stuttering or other receptive or expressive language disorder that may significantly interfere with the ability to repeat commands is disqualifying.
I remember Obama saying when it came to serving, he didn't see a reason for it and didn't........and that rather tells me how he feels about anyone else besides himself. We are both the same age and I served, so why didn't he?
Both Hillary and Obama were not up for the draft, but neither of them opted to voluntarily serve.
I have to laugh how all of these lefties attacked Trump for not serving calling him names like "bonespurs" and yet many Democrat presidents didn't serve either. The left are such hypocrites!
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