As I pointed out, he faced dire professional consequences if he had.
Clearly he believed that the Vietnam War was unconstitutional - he has said as much on various occasions.
So it's pretty clear that he chose to serve in the ANG for the money. He famously bragged to the Dartmouth Review that he was getting paid more and had better hours working for the USAF as a flight surgeon than he did as a medical resident.
Far from complaining about his lucrative service far from front lines, he was overjoyed to be sitting in the rear with the gear, as the saying goes. He had just about the cushiest and safest position in the whole armed forces.
That's not true.
Of course it is. Violating the Selective Service And Training Act Of 1940 could have resulted in a felony conviction.
In the 1960s, a felony conviction would almost certainly have guaranteed forfeiture of one's medical license - as it usually does today.
That never crossed his mind. When he was drafted, he set out to make the most of it. He never even thought about avoiding or wiggling out of it.
Clearly he believed that the Vietnam War was unconstitutional - he has said as much on various occasions.
That was years after his service. He didn't have an opinion on Vietnam then because Vietnam was in its infancy. He was drafted during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
So it's pretty clear that he chose to serve in the ANG for the money.
Uh he served two years in the Air Force prior to going into the ANG and rose to the rank of Captain. The same ANG that FReepers defended Bush on in 2004, but have no problem disparaging Paul's service in it.
He famously bragged to the Dartmouth Review that he was getting paid more and had better hours working for the USAF as a flight surgeon than he did as a medical resident.
That's true because there was a shortage of flight surgeons then, hence the reason why he was drafted. Nothing wrong with tooting your horn about it.
Far from complaining about his lucrative service far from front lines, he was overjoyed to be sitting in the rear with the gear, as the saying goes. He had just about the cushiest and safest position in the whole armed forces.
Paul spent time attending to pilots on flights in Iran, Korea, and dozens of other flight missions. He could have been killed in a plane crash just as much as if he would have had boots on the ground in combat. So his position in the military wasn't "safe." His military service is just as honorable as Duncan Hunter's or President Bush's.
Isn't any undeclared war unconstitutional?
All Congress had to do was declare war.