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Thread: The fortunate sons of America🇺🇸 and Ukraine🇺🇦
Rethinking 1969's "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival in light of Ukraine's instant, wide-ranging ban on 18-65 year old men leaving the country.
Examining "women and children first."
Rethinking 1969's "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival in light of Ukraine's instant, wide-ranging ban on 18-65 year old men leaving the country.
Examining "women and children first."
This song is 53 years old now but it will resonate with us forever. Draft-dodging in all its forms was scorned in WWI and WWII, but less so in Vietnam.
In 1993 Bill Clinton became the first POTUS in 50 years who was not a war veteran (or served as president during WWII.)
In 1993 Bill Clinton became the first POTUS in 50 years who was not a war veteran (or served as president during WWII.)
GWB had served in the Texas Air National Guard. Obama had only turned 18 in 1979, after Vietnam and it's draft.
Cadet Heel Spurs was exactly the kind of "millionaire's son" referenced by CCR. Note the tax fraud irony too:
Cadet Heel Spurs was exactly the kind of "millionaire's son" referenced by CCR. Note the tax fraud irony too:
