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Deanâs Princely Ways and the Officer Corp
This article in the New York Times, discusses Deanâs suspect deferement from the draft in 1970. Then-student Dean was eager to get a medical exception so he wouldnât be drafted. The back condition that kept Dean out of the military didnât appear to be that serious.In the 10 months after his graduation from Yale, time he might otherwise have spent in uniform, Dr. Dean lived the life of a ski bum in Aspen, Colo. His back condition did not affect his skiing the way the rigors of military service would have, he said, nor did it prevent him from taking odd jobs like pouring concrete in the warm months and washing dishes when it got cold. However hipocritcal that might be, that is not why Iâm writing this entry. The following two short paragraphs are: In early 1970, more than a year before Dr. Deanâs student deferment was due to lapse, he decided to see where he stood. If approved for service, he said, he thought he might try Officer Candidate School, as a Yale friend had done. He said he had never considered the National Guard. This is incredibly arrogant, stupid, and hipocritical. "Sure", says young Dean, "I donât want to serve in the military, to the point of relying on a cooked-up medical reason, but if Iâm forced to serve, Iâll do so as an officer." Hereâs yet another reason to keep our military an all-volunteer force; to keep hipocritical snobs like Howard Dean out of the Officer Corp.
Posted by: Sorge 2003-11-22 |
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