Listen to this Treasonous Chicken Hawk draft-dodger, criticizing someone else's wartime service.
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2026
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Dodging the Vietnam Draft is probably one of the more honourable things Trump's done to be fair.
People can do the right thing for wrong reasons. Trump never does anything for the right reason.
I also agree the Vietnam war was an unjust one, but let's not pretend that he dodged the draft for any reason other than being a complete fucking coward
That's still a valid reason to dodge a draft. I'm not defending Trump, but I'm a coward too. War sucks, war is horrible, I'd rather not go participate
Of course
That doesn't take away that he is a draft dodger and should shut the fuck up about anything military because he's a coward (amongst hundreds of other bad things)
this is hilarious
Thanks for your insights Captain Bonespurs.
*Cadet Bonespurs.
Giving him the rank of a Captain is an insult to any capable soldier.
There are a lot of US military oathbreakers who are using and insulting the words captain,officer, soldier.
Commander and chief Bonespurs
From the same Orange Turd Putin Boot Licker whom deferred military service in Vietnam several times.
How is that not the most based thing Trump has done?
Avoiding an unjust war of aggression for any reason should be commended, not criticised
How the hell would he know about the frontlines lol
He knows a lot about avoiding the front lines
…Says the guy who avoided the Vietnamese front line
Chicken Hawks are the lowest form of politician.
Let's see how many knots Farage ties himself in trying to defend this latest nonsense
More bullshit spewing from that idiot's mouth.
Draft dodging idiot*
Draft dodging Chicken Hawk TRAITOR.
This man has never punched in the face.
And it's a damn shame.
Europe should have never gotten itself involved in US oil wars, article 5 be damned. In a way I am glad the veneer of civilty has been stripped from transatlantic relations, and we can stop bending backwards every time Washington farts.
Have they ever even evoked the article 5 of the defensive NATO alliance when they invaded Afghanistan?
This is the stupidity of NATO. Article 5 was invoked because article 5 is ambiguously worded and left open for abuse. A terrorist cell doing an act of terror is grounds for invoking article 5. But terrorist cells don't have borders so who are you defending yourself from? Depending on how brazen you are you can point the finger at any country and say "that's where the terrorists are" and then go invade that country.
There more subtle ways to sow discord. But carry on. Let's see of this sets enough asses on fire and meaningful things start being done.
It depended on the country. Countries like the UK and Poland played a major role in fighting operations and deserve praise for their contributions.
Other NATO countries contributed a lot less.
They should never be there in first place.
I love the smell of leopards eating faces in the morning.