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36. I know that, but weren't there hard liners still insisting that if we sent enough,

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Fri Mar 23, 2018, 11:26 AM

Mar 2018

even used tactical nukes, we could win? I was thinking Bolton would have been one of those guys.

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Bolton dodged Vietnam by joining the NG [View all] kairos12 Mar 2018 OP

Chris Matthews, tonight on his show, madaboutharry Mar 2018 #1

What was Matthews service record? former9thward Mar 2018 #15

do you need a service record to call Bolton a Chickenhawk ? stonecutter357 Mar 2018 #31

No one needs anything to call anybody else anything. former9thward Mar 2018 #46

He served in the Peace Corps JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2018 #32

Serving isn't draft dodging, as a fellow vet you should know that, doesn't anyone here remember braddy Mar 2018 #2

Resisters. safeinOhio Mar 2018 #3

I was a draft resister, and there were what we could call draft evaders, but a draft dodger was a braddy Mar 2018 #4

I was fine with anyone safeinOhio Mar 2018 #7

Chickenhawk would be more accurate. kairos12 Mar 2018 #8

I was fine with men like me that opposed the draft itself but I despised the cowardly draft dodgers braddy Mar 2018 #11

Fair point. Thanks. kairos12 Mar 2018 #5

Thats not the only way to define the term Major Nikon Mar 2018 #12

People knew that the Navy and Air Force were safe but did not know that the Reserves and Guard were braddy Mar 2018 #13

Try not to break your back carrying Ned Flanders water Major Nikon Mar 2018 #14

I don't know what that means, but serving in the military is not draft dodging. braddy Mar 2018 #16

So I guess he shouldnt have admitted to being a draft dodger Major Nikon Mar 2018 #18

Depends Nevernose Mar 2018 #17

Nonsense, there were plenty of regular guys in basic and the other Army schools during the war braddy Mar 2018 #19

A draft dodger is someone who dodges the draft Major Nikon Mar 2018 #20

Serving in the military is hardly avoiding service in the military, and braddy Mar 2018 #21

Naive nonsense Major Nikon Mar 2018 #24

I am struggling with your version of "draft dodging" as well DrDan Mar 2018 #26

Did you not read the previous post? Major Nikon Mar 2018 #28

I did DrDan Mar 2018 #29

You do understand compulsory service is the draft, yes? Major Nikon Mar 2018 #30

no they are not the same DrDan Mar 2018 #33

So dodging the draft doesn't mean dodging the draft Major Nikon Mar 2018 #34

dodging the draft is evading compulsary military service - if you perform DrDan Mar 2018 #38

Most people don't need a dictionary to figure out draft dodging means dodging the draft, YMMV Major Nikon Mar 2018 #39

I have said nothing about Bolton - but you know that DrDan Mar 2018 #40

Voluntary compulsory service Major Nikon Mar 2018 #41

ahhh - so now the insults - a good tactic when one's logic begins to fuzz-up DrDan Mar 2018 #43

What insult? Major Nikon Mar 2018 #45

such a strange exchange - "A draft dodger is someone who dodges the draft' DrDan Mar 2018 #25

So a person who dodged the draft isnt a draft dodger? Major Nikon Mar 2018 #42

as I said - I entered the U.S.A.F active duty voluntarily - if not, I would have been drafted DrDan Mar 2018 #44

I consider Bolton to be a draft dodger Major Nikon Mar 2018 #47

so you prefer not to answer my simple question . . . got it DrDan Mar 2018 #48

I feel no obligation to answer questions from those who dont reciprocate Major Nikon Mar 2018 #49

That's a classic right wing chicken hawk excuse. Kingofalldems Mar 2018 #6

In what branch of the service will the trump boys serve? Paladin Mar 2018 #9

Whatever their capacity they will come out with more fruit salad on their uniform than kairos12 Mar 2018 #10

Is there a recognition bar for "Securing Profitable Military Contracts"? (nt) Paladin Mar 2018 #22

I remember being called a "draft dodger" for enlisting in the USAF MineralMan Mar 2018 #23

I seriously doubt he considered the Vietnam war already lost. It's easy to say that brewens Mar 2018 #27

Um, the consensus on the street by '68-'69 was the was the war was unwinnable Brother Buzz Mar 2018 #35

I know that, but weren't there hard liners still insisting that if we sent enough, brewens Mar 2018 #36

One can assume, with no skin in the game, Bolton would have been in that camp. Brother Buzz Mar 2018 #37