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In reply to the discussion: Joe Biden's Son Hunter Kicked Out of Navy for Cocaine [View all]amandabeech
(9,893 posts)33. It has been reported elsewhere that Hunter Biden needed a waiver to join the Naval Reserve
because of a youthful indescretion involving cocaine.
H. Biden showed either a real problem or incredibly bad judgment in using any illegal drug while in the service. It's just asking to get caught, and I think that it is embarrassing for him and his family.
I also think that he should have turned down the Ukrainian job as well. While I'm sure that there was no impropriety on the part of Joe or Hunter Biden, there may have been the assumption on the part of the Ukrainians that they were buying influence which might reflect poorly on the Bidens at some point. I'm basing my idea on the description of Ukrainian business practices by a couple of recent immigrants from Ukraine that I have known.
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Pointing out that a drug warrior's son has now run afoul of the very same laws is a bad thing?
Fumesucker
Oct 2014
#17
As I see it, the irony is that VP Biden's stern words on drug use seemed to
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#27
The point is that many people who use drugs do end up with criminal records
Bjorn Against
Oct 2014
#26
I've never known any addict who would be helped by 10 or 20 years in a state prison.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2014
#38
It has been reported elsewhere that Hunter Biden needed a waiver to join the Naval Reserve
amandabeech
Oct 2014
#33
Biden has been supporting the drug war for decades. Long before junior started snorting.
Comrade Grumpy
Oct 2014
#37
Well isn't this ironic, considering daddykins was the biggest D drug warrior that ever existed
nationalize the fed
Oct 2014
#3
I guess the lesson here is "Them that gots, ain't gots to worry about gettin' in trouble."
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2014
#39
Whatever anyone else thinks, I think his response was honest and mature. Hope he gets help. nt
kelliekat44
Oct 2014
#16