Why they could not serve in our military

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Why they could not serve in our military

Tom DeLay military service

He and Quayle, DeLay explained to the assembled media in New Orleans, were victims of an unusual phenomenon back in the days of the undeclared Southeast Asian war. So many minority youths had volunteered for the well-paying military positions to escape poverty and the ghetto that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like himself. Satisfied with the pronouncement, which dumbfounded more than a few of his listeners who had lived the sixties, DeLay marched off to the convention.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/1999/05/what_did_you_do_in_the_war_hammer.html

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Viet Nam low IQ troops drafted

McNamara desperately needed warm bodies (literally) so he lowered the entrance requirements for the military.

Even some who barely knew left from right.

McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War

Hamilton Gregory Published on Apr 29, 2016

A presentation and reading by Hamilton Gregory, author of "McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam." Because so many college students were avoiding military service during the Vietnam War, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara lowered mental standards to induct 354,000 low-IQ men. Their death toll in combat was appalling.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2927566

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[sprinkleeninow]

1. 'Zat the BUGMAN extraordinaire? 🕷 eom

[Submariner]

2. In commemoration to all the lives needlessly wasted in Vietnam

McNamara and LBJ should have been dug up and tossed in a f*cking landfill a long time ago. Total pieces of shit, the both of them for the thousands of lives mis-directed and lost forever.

That was stunning video to watch. It helps explain why my boot camp company was filled with so many 5th and 6th grade drop outs from places like Appalachia and farm country.

[Wounded Bear]

3. In the 60's it was difficult to enlist in the Air Force...

they had waiting lists, because of all the guys going there instead of waiting to be drafted into the Army for Viet Nam.

I was there.

The Navy did well, too. They typically had no problem getting enlistees.

[Everyman Jackal]

4. I served in the army from May 31, 1963 to May 29, 1967.

I enlisted with the knowledge that under no circumstances would I ever be sent to a war zone. It wasn't that they were afraid I would be killed, they just didn't want me captured. They had to draft men with lower IQs because there are so many jobs in the military that will keep you out of harm's way.

[Brother Buzz]

5. Through the wonders of Youtube algorithms, I was prompted to watch it the other day

I knew of McNamara's Folly, but not much more. Boy howdy, Hamilton Gregory did a great job of painting texture and filling in voids on that sordid chapter in military history. I highly recommend watching it.