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If he never went to Vietnam he isn't a Vietnam veteran. Actually this is more of an example of fake news because Phillips never said he was a "Vietnam veteran". He called himself a "Vietnam times veteran." It was the "fake" news outlets who changed it to Vietnam veteran without confirming. |
Nobody says he wasn't a veteran. Just that he more than likely wasn't a VN veteran because of his age. Try and keep up. |
I generally have way more sympathy for the kids than my liberal friends, but jeez, don't get carried away. |
I went to high school with many people who enlisted in the 72-75 period. Not a one calls themselves a Vietnam era veteran although they could technically. |
Actually some of the PR group was pushing that he was an actor hired by the radical left to trick these poor kids... Phillips only ever said he was a veteran from the vietnam war era. |
| The media and twitterverse claimed he was a Vietnam veteran and Phillips did not correct it. |
I'm not a veteran of any kind but if I were a Vietnam veteran I'd feel pretty gross about someone going around calling themselves a "Vietnam era veteran" when they didn't serve in Vietnam at all. |
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Trump has invited these POS to WH - twitter reports.
Trump is President of racists entitled white Americans... |
And now the grasping... He was clarifying the time period when he served. There is nothing nefarious about that. Please. Give me a break. The gaslighting is horrendous. |
Guess he should have dodged the service with fake bone spurs. |
PP here. Ok, I see that this is actually a thing. I stand corrected. https://www.veteranstodayarchives.com/2009/07/28/the-definition-of-a-vietnam-era-veteran/ |
"Vietnam times veteran" meaning he was enlisted during this time period but never fought? eh Those poor souls who returned and who were destroyed for fighting a war that was never supported deserve our respect. this dude? eh |
Thank you for this link. I didn't realize it is also a legal term and that there is a specific code. In common parlance it makes sense anyway, but under public law he is accurate described as a Vietnam era vet under section 505(B). |
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Heaven forbid someone takes a knee at a football game, but lets argue about a vietnam vet vs vietnam era vet.
Of course it is okay for snotty teenagers to be disrespectful to vietnam era vets. |
Now that's rich. |