and yet he didn't serve. D'OHUnlike Trump, Blumenthal actually volunteered to serve in the military during Vietnam.
Unlike Trump, Blumenthal didn't do everything he could to avoid ANY military service during Vietnam.
Unlike Donald Trump, Blumenthal served for 6 years.
He served in United States Marine Corps Reserve units in Washington, D.C. and Connecticut from 1970 to 1976.[11][12] He attained the rank of sergeant and received an honorable discharge at the end of his enlistment.[13]
That's fine. What you typed is true.
HOWEVER,
His quote was “We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam."
What SPECIFIC days did he serve in Vietnam?
.nteresting angle....it's OK to LIE about your service as long as you served in a greater capacity than the PRESIDENT.
So from 2009-2017, anyone who LIED that they fought in ANY WAR is PERFECTLY JUSTIFIED, because Obama never went to war? Right?
Nope- its not okay to lie about serving in Vietnam. I don't have a problem with him being called on.
But it takes a particular kind of Chutzpah by Donald Trump to call him on that when Donald Trump didn't serve at all- and at least Blumenthal served during the Vietnam war.
When Donald Trump said his avoiding STD's was his personal Vietnam
STERN: Now getting back to dating, and when you got to say to a woman, you gotta go to my personal doctor and I’m gonna have you checked out, is that a tough thing to say to a woman?
TRUMP: It’s amazing, I can’t even believe it. I’ve been so lucky in terms of that whole world. It is a dangerous world out there. It’s like Vietnam, sort of.
STERN: Hey it’s your personal Vietnam isn’t it?
TRUMP: It is my personal Vietnam. I feel like a great and very brave soldier!
So lying about serving IN VIETNAM is WRONG, but only certain people are allowed to call him on it?
Am I allowed to call RICHARD BLUMENTHAL out for being a liar? I didn't serve in the US military in any capacity.
You are allowed to do whatever you want- Trump is allowed to do whatever he wants
And I am allowed to point out the hypocrisy of President Trump- and his own 'personal Vietnam"
STERN: Now getting back to dating, and when you got to say to a woman, you gotta go to my personal doctor and I’m gonna have you checked out, is that a tough thing to say to a woman?
TRUMP: It’s amazing, I can’t even believe it. I’ve been so lucky in terms of that whole world. It is a dangerous world out there. It’s like Vietnam, sort of.
STERN: Hey it’s your personal Vietnam isn’t it?
TRUMP: It is my personal Vietnam. I feel like a great and very brave soldier!