4 more years, II Wrote:
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> Old Vet Wrote:
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> > This is the first I've heard anyone suggest
> that
> > Romney avoided the draft by being a missionary.
>
> Here ya go:
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https://www.google.com/search?q=romney+draft+missi
> onary
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> > ... I'm old enough to have been around during
> the draft, once I got out of
> > college I went and joined the Army and paid my
> dues.
>
> I paid my dues, too, though I was never in the
> military - one doesn't need to serve in the
> military to "pay one's dues" - that is,
> IM-no-so-HO, one of the Great Lies that deserve to
> quietly go away.
>
> Having noted that...
>
> I was eligible to be drafted during the earliest
> 70s; they had removed the college deferment and
> went to a lottery system - the first lottery I was
> very unlikely to be drafted, the 2nd lottery I was
> somewhat likely to be drafted - they got rid of
> the draft before then. Had I been drafted I'd
> probably have enlisted in the Air Force rather
> than gamble on some other service taking me.
>
> Though I was against the way the war was being
> fought I actually wasn't against the overt
> thinking behind the need for that war; I did agree
> with the idea to abandon it, however.
Romney had a College deferment and after graduation a high lottery number.He was pro war and protested against the anti war protesters. His father saw the futility of Vietnam and later was against more involvement.
I was drafted, did a tour of duty in SE Asia, came back in rare form. I will vote for anyone who opposes war. Deciding the fate of Human life is slightly more important than Big Bird. President Obama has made mistakes but we are not in World War III.