Editor:
“I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and well-placed … managed to wangle slots in reserve and National Guard units. Of the many tragedies of Vietnam, this raw class discrimination strikes me as the most damaging to the ideal that all Americans are created equal and owe equal allegiance to their country.”
– Colin Powell
Mitt Romney got four deferments (equaling five years) to escape serving in Vietnam.
Mitt said, “It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam.” Even though he supported the war. He went to France, evangelizing for the Mormon church, and attending classes at Stanford while 58,000 Americans died in Vietnam.
Not one of Romney’s five sons has served in the military either, despite Mitt’s hawkish arguing for escalating U.S. military involvement in the Middle East (i.e. remaining in Afghanistan until the U.S. can claim victory there. Iran.)
He has promised to boost military spending and to increase the size of the Navy. When he was asked to justify this hypocrisy, Romney defended his five sons’ decision not to enlist in the military, saying they’re showing their support for the country by “helping me get elected.”
Happy Fourth of July, courtesy of the brave men who fought in the American War of Independence (1775–1783).
Diane Daiute
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