Remember that derogatory letter to a serviceman from some professor guy, and the big stink that ensued, after which the professor guy had to make an apology? Well, apparently back in the day Glenn Reynolds had posted on this, and the professor guy found the post and responded. I will just select one thing out of the many things he said:
I don’t believe the Vietnam antiwar movement, which may have shortened the war and saved the deaths of many precious Americans, who were not able to escape the draft [...]What about the many Vietnamese who were left to their fate, not being able to escape their country? Weren't they precious too? Posted by Andrea Harris at January 9, 2003 10:18 PM
No, the dead Vietnamese weren't "precious." That's the dirtiest of the Left's dirty secrets: mass murder is OK, just so long as it's done by the enemies of the U.S.
Posted by: Stephen M. St. Onge at January 10, 2003 at 07:52 AMHere's the funny thing about the highly moral tactic of escaping the draft when a walking piece of garbage like Bill Clinton commits the crime of draft evasion, someone has to go in his place. And of course, it's not going to be a spoiled, politically connected white boy from Arkansas. It's going to be a poor black kid or a farm boy from Alabama. Someone who doesn't have Clinton's pull, or who has the crazy idea that the GOVERNMENT has the right to decide when we do or do not go to war.
Draftees were taken in a certain order. It should be possible to find out who served in each draft-dodger's place, and the cowards should have to pay reparations.
Posted by: Steve H. at January 10, 2003 at 10:04 AMClinton didn't actually do anything illegal, though. And Clinton's lottery number was something like 311, which is pretty high and just about guarantees that he wouldn't be drafted.
Too bad he didn't get a chance to die for his country. I'll bet he feels robbed, somehow.
Posted by: David Perron at January 10, 2003 at 12:19 PMIf Clinton's lottery number really was 311, then he certainly wasn't a "draft dodger". If he was, then I was too. I was exposed for one year ('72), and received a 251. If I remember correctly any number much over 175 was pretty sure not to be called.
I've always said, that was the only lottery you were lucky NOT to win!
There's an article on snopes.com about the whole thing; just click on "What's New?" and scroll down until you see something about Clinton being the only pardoned felon to be elected President. Snopes.com usually does their homework, and I believe them on this very detailed account. Synopsis: untrue.
Posted by: David Perron at January 10, 2003 at 10:09 PM