That was during the meat-grinder years on the Vietnam war. I really cannot fault Trump on that one. You were poor you got drafted or if you could afford to pay for college you got a student deferment -- all the way to your PhD if you could afford it.
Vietnam was not a necessary or just war. Also, as a result of the draft 70% of the servicemen were conscripted from less favored economic backgrounds.
North Vietnam never attacked the sovereign USA soil. Vietnam was American Imperialism following French Imperialism.
I was a draft evader and an anti-war activist -- but I am honest about it.
On top of that, Trump has the audacity to pander to low information veterans and is not honest about these things.
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[T]rump "was a Vietnam draft dodger," Kuby said.
We asked Kuby what he meant and he explained, "I use the term broadly to mean anyone who took advantage of deferments to avoid being drafted."
In theory, that could apply to a huge number of people. In the course of the Vietnam War, about 15.4 million men received deferments, were exempted or disqualified. In contrast to those millions, the government charged 210,000 people with draft violations, ranging from burning their draft cards to refusing to serve to fleeing the country.
"The only people who violated the Selective Service Act did so out of principle," Kuby said. "They were going to show they were not cowards by risking imprisonment to protest an immoral war. If you were white and middle class, there were many legal ways out." ...
Was Trump a "draft dodger"? | PunditFact
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2-S is a student deferment
1-A is active call up status
1-Y is only in a national emergency
4-F is medically unfit for service
These are not the qualities you want in a Commander in Chief -- a coward and a liar.