Many SMART people didn't want to serve in a war that they didn't believe in & they knew they couldn't win. That includes Bill Clinton.
First Pardoned Federal Felon ever to serve as President of the U.S.
Bill Clinton’s Draft Records from the Freedom of Information Act files show he was a Pardoned Federal Felon
Bill Clinton dishonors order to report and is not inducted into the military.
Bill Clinton reclassified 1-D after enlisting in the U.S. Army Reserves on Aug 7/69 under authority of Col. E. Holmes. Clinton signs enlistment papers and takes oath of enlistment.
Bill Clinton fails to report to his duty station at the University of Arkansas ROTC, September 1969.
Bill Clinton runs for Arkansas Attorney General (1976), while a fugitive from justice.
* Bill Clinton receives pardon on January 21, 1977 from Carter.
* Bill Clinton FIRST PARDONED FEDERAL FELON ever to serve as President.
In mid-1968 Clinton, who maintained that although he was not opposed to the military or war in general he was morally opposed to the Vietnam War in particular, began to seek ways of avoiding the draft.
I don't judge Clinton or Trump for not wanting to serve in the Vietnam war, the difference is that Trump did it LEGALLY (medical) while Bill Clinton deliberately dodged the draft & committed a crime. Many men who ran to Canada to avoid the draft were arrested & charged or could never return to the U.S.
