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Title: Donald Trump, Draft Dodger: Why It Matters
Source:
The Resurgent
URL Source: http://theresurgent.com/donald-trump-draft-dodger-why-it-matters/
Published: May 18, 2016
Author: Anne Evans
Post Date: 2016-05-31 19:18:56 by Willie Green
Keywords: None
Views: 20315
Comments: 67
The United States drafted both my grandfathers and my great uncle for World War II. They weren’t eager for war. They weren’t eager to pick up a gun. But when Uncle Sam called, they answered. They did their duty and they fought for their country because that’s who they were, men of integrity. Not quite thirty years later, war once against engulfed the United States and the draft was re-instituted for men of Donald Trump’s age. Trump also wasn’t eager for war or to pick up a gun, so he invented fallacious medical reports about bone spurs and dodged the draft multiple times. The United States now has a volunteer military force and many years have passed since the draft. Our men and women in the armed forces are still courageous and patriotic. My husband volunteered to fight. He has served in the Army coming up on ten years now and has deployed with the current conflict. Yet, as a volunteer army has become normal to America, we have forgotten what draft-dodging says about a man’s character. I didn’t know my grandfathers well. My maternal grandfather died when I was a baby and my paternal grandfather became very ill when I was just a young child, but I remember my great uncle talking about World War II. He’d sometimes reminisce about the year his brother and he were drafted. They were the children of Hungarian immigrants, the first generation to be born American citizens. Their dad had died in the coal mines and my uncle and grandfather struggled to finish their schooling while also working odd jobs to help their widowed mom put food on the table. The law in my uncle’s hometown said only one son from a family could be drafted, my uncle told me. But the rich families, my uncle said, they rigged the lotteries so their sons didn’t get drafted and the poor families had to send multiple sons to war. So my uncle and my grandfather, the only surviving sons of a widowed mother, had to leave for war while rich men’s sons sat comfortably at home multiplying their wealth. Almost thirty years after my grandfather and great uncle served, nothing had changed. Rich men like Trump dodged the draft, leaving poor men like my relatives to take on a double burden. My great uncle often told me, “I gave the best years of my life to the Army.” He was proud to serve, but serving took a large toll on him and his family. My great uncle was wounded in the war, and even when he’d reached ninety years of age, I remember the wound still hurting him sometimes. Is Trump ashamed that he skirted the law and so forced poor men to serve and die in his place? Not at all. Instead, he boasted about how many women he slept with during those years, calling the STD risks he took his ‘personal Vietnam.’ Unlike Trump, my relatives never would have thought of running for office. They worked hard just to put food on the table and to provide for their children. Yet they were good men who would never lie, cheat, or steal and chose to answer their country’s call despite great personal sacrifice. Trump inherited millions from his father and will pass more millions on to his children. That’s quite the inheritance, but I’d much rather have the legacy my relatives passed onto me, the legacy of honor (spelled correctly) and integrity. No matter your political leanings, I hope you can agree that’s the kind of legacy we need in our nation’s capital. We need a president who will follow his conscience no matter the cost, not a draft dodger who let poor men’s sons serve and die so he could pursue some playboy dream.
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#5. To: Willie Green, misterwhite, All (#0)
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The words, “fallacious medical reports” in the article is a hyperlink. After clicking on the link, I expected to find a “fallacious medical report.” There was none. The link lead to another article with basically the same allegations. I actually believe the author expected no one to click on the link and intended to plant in the reader’s subconscious mind that one existed. I am looking for factual confirmation that Trump “invented fallacious medical reports” about bone spurs and “dodged the draft multiple times.” If anyone knows where I can find this information, please be so kind and point it out to me. I have searched the Internet for information on Trump looking for a reason(s) Trump never served. Besides more smear articles, all I can determine from my findings is that Donald Trump did receive a minor medical deferment for bone spurs on both heels of his feet. The medical deferment was short-term and he was entered in the military draft lottery where he received an extremely high number, 356 out of 365. When the draft occurred, they never got near his number and therefore he was never called to serve in the military. This information was released by someone close to Trump. It may have been his lawyer, I just can’t remember. This article is just another of the far too many yellow journalism articles I see posted on LF. It has turned out to be nothing but a negative political smear tactic that launches an unfair political attack using lies, half truths and innuendos. Gawd, I hate yellow journalism … with a passion.
Ever try looking with your eyes open? There is no "official medical report issued by the induction center" because Trump was allowed to use the results of a physical given to him by the family doctor. Trump himself has said during the campaign "I think I had something like bone spurs in my feet,or something,but I can't remember now."
#41. To: sneakypete (#36)
Ever try looking with your eyes open? There is no "official medical report issued by the induction center" because Trump was allowed to use the results of a physical given to him by the family doctor. Trump himself has said during the campaign "I think I had something like bone spurs in my feet,or something,but I can't remember now." So, I will now start looking with my eyes open as you suggest. Okay … let me see. I see … that you also have not supplied any factual confirmation that Trump “invented fallacious medical reports” about bone spurs and “dodged the draft multiple times” in your post. I see … that I said nothing about any “official medical report being issued by the induction center” because he NEVER went to an induction center. I see … that Trump did make that statement, but that is not factual information. So, I will continue looking for information … but with my eyes open this time. If you run across any factual information, Pete, will you please show it to me. Oh, you say: “Trump was allowed to use the results of a physical given to him by the family doctor.” Can you please provide a link to this factual information … or, is this just your opinion? Alright, the author of the article charged that Trump “invented fallacious medical reports” and presented no validation to his allegation. You jumped in with your statements and presented no validation to the author’s charge. So, I am still looking … and my eyes are still open.
I am still looking, Pete ... and I am keeping my eyes open. The only official record I have found is this: Both of those physical dates happened each time he was classified as 1-A and eligible for the draft. And both times he was eligible he was immediately physically “Dis/Q.” Also, I think you were just stirring the pot when you did a little extemporizing to say the exams were conducted by his “family doctor.” Records show “he reported for an armed forces physical examination” and was medically disqualified, according to the ledger from his local Selective Service System draft board in Jamaica, N.Y., now in the custody of the National Archives. You don’t “report” to a “family doctor" for an armed forces physical examination. After thorough and complete research, my objective conclusion is that Trump took a deferment for school, which thousands, hundreds of thousands, did and there is no dishonor in doing that. Each time he was eligible for the draft, he was immediately medically disqualified by a doctor at an armed forces physical examination center. Ergo, Donald Trump was NO draft dodger and to charge him as one is just a malicious attempt to damage his reputation during his campaign. This report is approved for release by the Canary Clan.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest … so he [Trump] invented fallacious medical reports about bone spurs and dodged the draft multiple times.
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#36. To: Gatlin (#5)
I am looking for factual confirmation that Trump “invented fallacious medical reports” about bone spurs and “dodged the draft multiple times.” If anyone knows where I can find this information, please be so kind and point it out to me.
Replies to Comment # 36. I am looking for factual confirmation that Trump “invented fallacious medical reports” about bone spurs and “dodged the draft multiple times.” If anyone knows where I can find this information, please be so kind and point it out to me.
#44. To: sneakypetem A K A Stone, nolu chan, GrandIsland, bukceroo, Deckard, hondo68, Fred Mertz, All (#36)
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Ever try looking with your eyes open?
The Canary Clan is charged with the responsibility to search impartially for the facts or actualities of a subject or situation. It is eminently qualified to perform this charge by devoting considerable time, deep reflection, careful deliberation, and serious consultation to approach decisions without any particular ideology or agenda. The Canary Clan has a commitment to respect precedent, fairness and a determination to faithfully present the facts.
Long live freedom of speech, long live the Canary Clan and God Bless America!
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