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Originally Posted by DBlack
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Obama didn't actually evade the draft, FYI. The Vietnam War ended in 1975, when he was 14, and the actual draft ended in 1973 when he was only 12. He had no real reason to enlist in the army, the only "real" war that happened when he was eligible for service was the Persian Gulf War, and he had just been elected first black president of Harvard Law Review in 1990, and what sane person would give that up to go enlist?
Also, McCain isn't exactly the "war hero" you think him to be. Check this out:
Daily Kos: McCain - War Hero or Just Incompetent Pilot?
some highlights - he may have caused a major forest fire that killed over 100 sailors along with a fellow pilot, the worst non-combat incident in the Navy's history thus far. Apparently, he "wet-started" his plane causing a large jet of flame to come from his engines, which caused the rocket on the plane behind him to launch. The rocket may have caused the forest fire, as well as kill the pilot behind him because of the explosion that occurred. He also graduated 894th in his class, out of 899.