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| UGoGirl | Posted – 11/30/2007 11:02:47 PM | show profile Since I'm happy to be one to spread unfounded internet rumours, rumour has it that the US military has been ordering up an usual amount of fuel in the persian gulf. Some type of strike on Iran inevitable? I'm convined Cheney won't let 2007 and 2008 slip past without some kind of action on Iran. |
| keltoi | Posted – 12/1/2007 12:51:16 AM | show profile Yes, the man who 5 times got wavered when he was called to military service, claiming "other priorities", is once again desperate to show how big his namesake is by having other people fight and die in his name. Heck, it worked so well with Iraq. |
| chucho | Posted – 12/3/2007 10:19:40 AM | show profile Links please. |
| keltoi2 | Posted – 12/3/2007 11:16:00 AM | show profile There are plenty of sources for it, but Wiki's is pretty thorough. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney Cheney and the draft Cheney was of military age and a supporter of the Vietnam War but he did not serve in the war, applying for and receiving five draft deferments. In an interview with George C. Wilson that appeared in the April 5, 1989 issue of The Washington Post, when asked about his deferments the future Defense Secretary said, "I had other priorities in the '60s than military service."[18] In January 1959 Mr. Cheney reached age 18 and was classified as 1-A ? available for service. At that time, however, the military was taking only older men, and like most others who were in college at the time (Cheney was at Yale) he had little concern about being drafted. In June 1962, Cheney left Yale to return home to Casper, where he worked as a lineman for a power company before enrolling at the University of Wyoming. In 1962, only 82,060 men were inducted into the service, the fewest since 1949. While Cheney was eligible for the draft, as he said during his confirmation hearings in 1989, he was not called up because the Selective Service System was only taking older men. By January 1963, with the US actively advising South Vietnamese forces, Cheney enrolled in Casper Community College and turned 22 that month. At that time, he sought his first student deferment, which was granted on March 20, according to records from the Selective Service System. After transferring to the University of Wyoming at Laramie, Cheney sought his second student deferment on July 23, 1963. On August 7, 1964, Congress approved the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which allowed President Lyndon B. Johnson to use military force in Vietnam. From that point on, American involvement in Vietnam began to escalate rapidly. On August 29, 1964, 22 days after the resolution, Cheney married his high school sweetheart, Lynne. He sought and was granted his third student deferment on October 14, 1964. In May 1965, Cheney graduated from college and his draft status changed to 1-A. Since he was married, however, he had somewhat better protection from being drafted. In July 1965, Johnson announced that he was doubling the number of men drafted. The number of inductions soared, to 382,010 in 1966 from 230,991 in 1965 and 112,386 in 1964. On March 8, 1965, the first American regular combat units were deployed in Vietnam. On October 6, 1965, the Selective Service lifted its ban against drafting married men who had no children. Cheney obtained his fourth deferment because he started graduate school at the University of Wyoming on November 1, 1965. On January 19, 1966, when his wife was about 10 weeks pregnant, Mr. Cheney applied for 3-A status, the "hardship" exemption, which excluded men with children or dependent parents. It was granted. In January 1967, Cheney turned 26 and was no longer eligible for the draft.[19] And this one's from the NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/01/politics/campaign/01CHEN.html?ex=1398830400&en=1c0259e620183dd6&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Cheney's Five Draft Deferments During the Vietnam Era Emerge as a Campaign Issue By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE Published: May 1, 2004 ASHINGTON, April 30 ? It was 1959 when Dick Cheney, then a student at Yale University, turned 18 and became eligible for the draft. Eventually, like 16 million other young men of that era, Mr. Cheney sought deferments. By the time he turned 26 in January 1967 and was no longer eligible for the draft, he had asked for and received five deferments, four because he was a student and one for being a new father. And for a line-up of who are the real Chickenhawks and who actually served (hint: far more top Democrats than Republicans actually served in the military), you have http://www.awolbush.com/whoserved.html. Not nonbiased by any stretch, but backs up its claims. |
| keltoi2 | Posted – 12/3/2007 7:06:04 PM | show profile What a Difference a Headline Makes The new National Intelligence Estimate released today says that Iran stopped its nuclear weapons program in 2003, and although it continues enrighment, it's unclear what its intentions are. Even if it wanted to produce highly enriched uranium for a bomb, it wouldn't be ready until 2010-2015. So how do the various international media headline this news? *US report plays down Iran threat--BBC *Iran halted nuke arms quest in 2003 says US intelligence--AFP *Report contradicts Bush on Iran nuclear program--Reuters All pretty much variations on the theme of the report. And what does the US wire service, AP, headline? US: Iran still able to develop nukes--AP Also true, but easily not the main point of the report. Handy for a political agenda though. The NYT, despite its Iran drumbeats of recent months, got this one right: *US says Iran ended atomic arms work--NYT |
