Lots of lies and half truths being spread by the Liberal Left Wing Media and Trumps competition. Saw this and thought it would help clarify the truth:
The 10 Biggest Media Lies About Donald Trump
Which former president was actually drafted?
Eisenhower elected to president primarily because of his leadership in WWII.
Kennedy (Navy) and Bush 41 (Navy) served in combat in WWII
LBJ served, rank of O4 (Navy Lt. CMD) by the time WWII started. Received Army Silver Star, because he was in a plane that was 'shot at'.
Nixon (Navy) served in the Pacific during WWII, though never saw combat.
Ford, Navy, WWII pacific theater aboard the USS Monterey CVL26
Regan WWII (barred from overseas assignments due to eyesight)
But that was a different time, and presidents since then? GB43, through political favor got into a NG unit that would go to war after the boy scouts and little old lady knitting circle had already been sent to the front lines. His cabinet, draft deferments, with the exception of Colin Powell, who resigned in disgust.
McCain, also served, volunteered to serve (so did 10's of thousands of men, including me) and was unfortunate enough to be captured by the enemy. That could have been me, except for whatever reason, I was not assigned to a combat roll during my tour of duty, at the height of the Viet Nam war. McCain drew the short straw, and that makes him a hero? I drew a longer straw, and I'm not?
Audie Murphy and many others went above and beyond and are real hero's, the rest of us just served, nothing more. I joined vs. taking my chances with the local draft board (before the lottery system) and to improve my odds of coming home, and I joined the Navy. I could have easily been assigned to the brown water navy and spent my time 'in country' on the rivers of viet nam, but the Navy had other plans for me. But that does not make me a hero, anymore than being captured made McCain one. He had two choices, endure or die, I was never faced with that decision, as were most of the
9,087,000 military personnel served on active duty during the Vietnam Era (August
5, 1964 - May 7, 1975). If McCain is a hero, so are the other 9 million people that served during Nam. I prefer to reserve the title "hero" to those that are actual heros, even if that excludes most of that 9 million from being called a hero.