I tend to agree with you, criticize his politics, but in terms of the Vietnam War, the draft was targeted towards working class whites and blacks. The U.S. fought a war that did not require the sacrifices to be borne by all segments of society. Those are the facts
I don’t agree with McCain’s politics but he served and got shot at when others of his generation, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Donald J. Trump did not. Those are the facts.
Yes John McCain served, but do you think he did so because it was the family business?
“ But Annapolis, with its regimentation and lockstep curriculum, would provide no such opportunity. Annapolis was a commitment, more so for McCain because of the family tradition. Under the law he could get out of the Navy four years after graduation, but would he? Here he was at Episcopal, feeling himself drawn toward a school he despised by forces he felt incapable of challenging. Was there any reason, then, to believe that after four years at Annapolis and a similar period as a naval officer he would be able to defy those same forces — whoever they were, whatever they were — and resign his commission to embark on some new, ill-defined career path?”
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