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Old 05-14-2014, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by donquixote99 View Post
No it wasn't. Why do you feel it was? Give me the logic.
Because I played by the rules and they cheated and Carter let them get away with it.

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Originally Posted by Pio1980 View Post
I am retired career Army, 20-odd years, and was totally draftable in the 1960s, so I enlisted to have a say in the process. I have family in Canada and have put some thought into that end of the equation. It seemed to me it took something extra-ordinary to leave family and friends with Stateside connections cut on principle while rolling the dice on an uncertain future legal status, rather than just shrugging one's shoulders, raising one's hand and essentially saying "what-ever", and going along with what was expected instead of standing up for what one believed and putting it on the line.
I was not sufficiently emotionally invested in opposition to "The War" to make that commitment and have nothing against those that did, I think Carter did the country a favor by cutting that cord to a still-highly controversial past policy and letting them get on with their lives as history was on their side.
I couldn't agree with you less. I feel cheated by Carters actions.


End of Discussion you commie Libs.

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