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Originally Posted by Stealhead
I am not agreeing or disagreeing with this man or trying to support Dick Cheney but there is no way the Cheney could have dodged the draft during the Vietnam War. He applied for deferments and received them that is not draft dodging.People did this all the time for legitimate reasons.The rest of his where to extend to attend college.My uncle did that so did many other people.Another uncle joined the USAF to "avoid the draft".
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Actually that's why I joined the Navy. I was happy to be sent to Vietnam on a ship, but I too came home disillusioned and against the war.
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I feel to some extent that the man was bitter because he got wounded the way that he did.He claims that Afghanistan was the "right" war I wonder though had he been wounded there would his tune really have been different.
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That is something to wonder and conjecture about, but I usually take people like that at face value. Yes, I'm gullible, but I see no reason not to believe him at this point. You could be right though; having complications that look like they're going to end your life can cloud your thougts, and even your memories.
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If he truly felt that Iraq was unjust he could have changed his status to conscious objector.
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There we disagree. He said he joined up proudly, expecting to go to Afghanistan. Once you are in, you are in. Does CO status even exist anymore? I thought that was a draft classification, and there is no draft.* Plus, when there was draft, to obtain CO status you had to prove that you were against all war, not just a particular war. You certainly couldn't volunteer and then claim you objected because your conscience made you oppose war.
*Sorry, I forgot that there is still registration, just in case it's needed. Technically the Draft and all it's Classifications are still around.