Subj : Re: Ethics test
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John Iwaniszek
Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 15:32:54

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Trouble <troubleNOSPAM@tekfactory.com> wrote in
news:RYSdndHvI9-ZVr7eRVn-hg@comcast.com: 

> John Iwaniszek wrote:
> 
>> Clinton had an academic deferrment.  He didn't dodge the draft any
>> more that Cheney did with his family deferrment, he was never drafted
>> to begin with.  He was studying abroad.   What's magic about using a 
>> deferrment at a US school?
> 
> Try getting the story straight, his educational S-2 status ended in
> 1968 when he became 1-A available for service, he used family
> connections to get a much desired slot in the reserves (Navy), then
> failed to comply with the terms of that committment, sound familiar

"Failed" does not fairly characterize it.  It sounds like contemporaries 
udged it less harshly then you are judging it now.



> John; 
> 
> http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/politics/clintondraft.asp
>  
> Clinton recieved his induction notice, and jouned ROTC to get a 1-D 
> reservist deferrement. There was much maneuvering used to get this 
> deferrment and then Clinton still balked at his obligation.
> 

All perfectly legal and apparently part of a widely understood system.  
Something you can't say about Bush' s performance.

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