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Draft Dodger Has No Respect
Nov 11^th, 2018 at 5:21pm

"AS OTHER world leaders paid their respects to the fallen heroes of World War One, Donald Trump was nowhere to be seen."

"Mr Trump was scheduled to pay tribute at a ceremony at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, east of Paris, with his wife Melania.

"The cemetery houses 2288 gravesites, including many honouring fallen Americans.

"But Mr Trump pulled out at the last minute".

If only his father had done the same thing.

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Reply #1 - Nov 11^th, 2018 at 5:32pm

I'll let you in on a little historical secret Pecca. At the beginning of the Vietnam War in the US all uni students were exempt from the draft. The hippy movement was tiny as a result. It only got huge when they started drafting uni students. And even then only a fraction of uni students were called up .Before that most well educated hippies didn't care how many poor crackers from Arkansas were killed. As long as they didn't have to go. But when it started affecting them BAM!!!! Bill Clinton and his stinking wife fitted right into that scene. A bunch of them did. Don't just single out Trump. Bush JNR is another. At least McCain went.

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greggerypeccary Moderator Online Australian Politics Posts: 131492 Gender:	Re: Draft Dodger Has No Respect Reply #2 - Nov 11^th, 2018 at 5:38pm
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Term Dog Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1727 Gender:	Re: Draft Dodger Has No Respect Reply #3 - Nov 11^th, 2018 at 5:38pm Apparently ordering a presidential road transport system would have took too long and the helicopter couldn't fly in the rain.
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Reply #4 - Nov 11^th, 2018 at 5:48pm

"It was not completely clear why the Trumps were unable to attend. The cemetery is 50 miles from Paris. Perhaps the president was planning to travel on Marine One, which is occasionally grounded by the Secret Service.

"But the sight of dignitaries arriving at other sites outside Paris, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, led some foreign policy analysts to speculate the U.S. commander in chief just wasn’t up for it."

“There is always a rain option. Always,”

“Trump will use the U.S. military for a pre election political stunt but sits in his hotel instead of honoring those who fought and died for America.”

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greggerypeccary Moderator Online Australian Politics Posts: 131492 Gender:	Re: Draft Dodger Has No Respect Reply #5 - Nov 11^th, 2018 at 6:39pm Lest we forget.
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greggerypeccary Moderator Online Australian Politics Posts: 131492 Gender:	Re: Draft Dodger Has No Respect Reply #6 - Nov 11^th, 2018 at 6:58pm Mr Hammer wrote on Nov 11^th, 2018 at 5:32pm: I'll let you in on a little historical secret Pecca. At the beginning of the Vietnam War in the US all uni students were exempt from the draft. Not quite. They could apply for temporary deferments, which lasted no more than a year at a time.
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Reply #7 - Nov 12^th, 2018 at 2:43am

Mr Hammer wrote on Nov 11^th, 2018 at 5:32pm:

I'll let you in on a little historical secret Pecca. At the beginning of the Vietnam War in the US all uni students were exempt from the draft. The hippy movement was tiny as a result. It only got huge when they started drafting uni students. And even then only a fraction of uni students were called up .Before that most well educated hippies didn't care how many poor crackers from Arkansas were killed. As long as they didn't have to go. But when it started affecting them BAM!!!! Bill Clinton and his stinking wife fitted right into that scene. A bunch of them did. Don't just single out Trump. Bush JNR is another. At least McCain went.

I'll let you in on another secret, son. A whole load of cnts went. You were back home in Rooty Hill watching cartoons on your mum's Rentavision TV.

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Mattyfisk Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 92296 Gender:	Re: Draft Dodger Has No Respect Reply #8 - Nov 12^th, 2018 at 2:47am greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 11^th, 2018 at 6:39pm: Lest we forget. https://i.redd.it/spw7nqceuhoy.jpg Don't single out Trump, son. it hurts Homo's feelings.
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greggerypeccary Moderator Online Australian Politics Posts: 131492 Gender:	Re: Draft Dodger Has No Respect Reply #9 - Nov 12^th, 2018 at 7:26am Mattyfisk wrote on Nov 12^th, 2018 at 2:47am: greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 11^th, 2018 at 6:39pm: Lest we forget. https://i.redd.it/spw7nqceuhoy.jpg Don't single out Trump, son. it hurts Homo's feelings. Well, we can't have that.
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