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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: 23555
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."
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.
This explains why a 4-F followed the 1-Y. The draft continued into 1973, but only 646 people were drafted in 1973.
This explains why a 4-F followed the 1-Y. That explains it for me, I could not understand a reason for it. I immediately took notice that each time after he was classified as 1-A, within a short time thereafter he reported for a physical and was disqualified for service. I guess the 1-Y came after "they" decided two physicals a couple years apart were enough and "they" felt no need to go through the procedure again ... thus the reclassification to 1-Y. After that point, that was when the 4-F puzzled me. There is concern being expressed now that the "Trump University" law suit may pose a problem for him ... but the trial will not be until after the election. Until I find out, I can only speculate that his span of control became to wide spread and that he did not know the inner workings of the TU. Of course that is no excuse if is determined that he did something wrong ... it is just my perception. I am sure the media will tear into this ... full blast. And I think Trump will handle it ... he always has.
#58. To: Gatlin (#55)
Not going to give him an instant of worry. The Trump Cult members are going to continue to believe every word he utters just like he is Jesus on the mount,and probably 75 percent of the voters from both branches of the ruling party never pay any attention to scandals surrounding "their" candidates and have probably never even heard of it and won't hear of it unless he makes an appearance on a reality show and brags about it. Not sure they would care even then unless they had personally lost thousands buying a bogus degree Just look at all the crap Bathouse Barry and Bubbette! have gotten away with and continue to get away with for proof of this.
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.
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!
#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.
#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!
#47. To: Gatlin, sneakypete, A K A Stone, GrandIsland, bukceroo, Deckard, hondo68, Fred Mertz (#44)
1-Y — Registrant available for military service, but qualified only in case of war or national emergency. Usually given to registrants with medical conditions that were limiting but not disabling (examples: high blood pressure, mild muscular or skeletal injuries or disorders, skin disorders, severe allergies, etc.). It was created in 1962. It was discontinued in December 1971 and its members were reclassified as Class 4-F.
#55. To: nolu chan (#47)
It was discontinued in December 1971 and its members were reclassified as Class 4-F.
Replies to Comment # 55. There is concern being expressed now that the "Trump University" law suit may pose a problem for him ... but the trial will not be until after the election.
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