Nat'l Security John Bolton: avoided Vietmam service. “War was already lost”

Knock me over with a feather: another cowardly Chickenhawk exposed as a draft dodger:

John Bolton, Trump’s New War Consigliere, Dodged The ‘Already Lost’ Vietnam War
Adam Weinstein

“I confess I had no desire to die in a Southeast Asian rice paddy… I considered the war in Vietnam already lost.” John Bolton 1995

Bolton said nuts to that, later writing in a memoir that he “wasn’t going to waste time on a futile struggle” in Vietnam. (The memoir’s title, by the way, is Surrender Is Not An Option.)

https://taskandpurpose.com/john-bolt...st-vietnam-war

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Originally Posted by rabblerouser:
Pointless.

I wouldn't have went to Vietnam, either?

Then why did he title his memoir “No Surrender” if he himself had given up?
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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
Then why did he title his memoir “No Surrender” if he himself had given up?

Because he did not surrender to the Selective Service or the draft board?
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Originally Posted by Carr4MVP:
Smart man.

Followed the words of George Washington.

Um, are you not getting the point?

1. Yes, it was smart to avoid Vietnam
2. No, he shouldn’t he allowed to send others into War
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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
Um, are you not getting the point?

1. Yes, it was smart to avoid Vietnam
2. No, he shouldn’t he allowed to send others into War

I got your point.

I agree with both statements. He needs to practice what he preaches.
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Vietnam was a massive blunder by the United States government at many levels. One of the stupidest and most costly decisions we have ever made. The entire affair is nothing but massively regrettable.
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How did he "avoid" it? Did he flee to Canada? Spuriously claim he had a medical ailment? Get student deferments? Just did not volunteer?
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Originally Posted by Eleazar:
How did he "avoid" it? Did he flee to Canada? Spuriously claim he had a medical ailment? Get student deferments? Just did not volunteer?

It’s answered in the article.
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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
Um, are you not getting the point?

1. Yes, it was smart to avoid Vietnam
2. No, he shouldn’t he allowed to send others into War

:-)

Which wars do you think Bolton wants that are already lost, Bitch?
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Originally Posted by Donger:
:-)

Which wars do you think Bolton wants that are already lost, Bitch?

He wants every war, as the article states. He’s never opposed a war....except the one he was actually eligible to go fight.

As a college student at Yale he argued for Vietnam. Got out and....suddenly changed his mind. Why? It remains a mystery to this day!
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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
He wants every war, as the article states. He’s never opposed a war....except the one he was actually eligible to go fight.

As a college student at Yale he argued for Vietnam. Got out and....suddenly changed his mind. Why? It remains a mystery to this day!

It's right there in the OP you posted, Bitch:

“I confess I had no desire to die in a Southeast Asian rice paddy… I considered the war in Vietnam already lost.” John Bolton 1995
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