President Trump avoided Vietnam service because of bone spurs, Democratic front-runner Joe Biden because of asthma. . ... Some presidents and failed nominees in recent decades have been condemned for escaping Vietnam. ..…

Abrams has been rewarded for his actions in Iran-Contra, El Salvador, and Nicaragua with nomination as Special Envoy of Trump for Venezuela. Vietnam is special case in this regard, almost back to back, the old colonial masters of French in the 1950s, and, of course soon thereafter, the..…