Kerry entered military unwillingly

[GAsux]

I have but a feeble mind. Here is what I read....

"Senator John Kerry, the presumed Democratic presidential candidate who is trading on his Vietnam war record to campaign against President George W Bush, tried to defer his military service for a year"

A whole year! Dear god that dirty draft dodger! And here he was all this time talking about "volunteering" for the war. What a liar! I mean, he asked to wait a whole YEAR! Because everyone who's anyone knew that by 1967 the war would surely be over so by being a calculating, coniving SOB, Kerry could surely avoid having to go to war if he ditched the country for a whole year!

Kerry graduated in 1966. Presumably sometime during that year is roughly the same time this petition came about. If Kerry were so intent on dodging military service, why wouldn't he do something clever like join the National Guard instead. Or maybe use his family's influence to ensure that he didn't have to do any real work.

This is such a non-issue it's not even funny.