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The draft ended 4 years before I was eligible to serve. Had I been drafted, as a person obedient to authority back then, had I been drafted, I most likely would have gone.
As a middle age adult, knowing what I know now, about the draft, about the war, and about my country, I'd probably would have been like Ali and refused to be drafted.
I think this is probably one of the major reasons that older people are not drafted - they are more likely to tell the board to go to hell.
But I am curious about what others think... If you had been drafted at a young age, but knowing all the things you know now, would have served when called?
Older people are not drafted because they need young guns, not old ones who in most cases would bring down the rest of the platoon. The physical endurance that military guys go through is very intense and "older" people don't have that endurance any longer, in most cases. 18 to 25 years is about the prime age of those who are going in. I remember guys being in their mid-20's going into boot camp and we all thought they were old and over the hill, mind you, I was 18 when I was going through basic training.
I would've signed up voluntarily. But like my father did during Vietnam, I would not have complied with the draft. My life is my own. I wouldn't have run off to Canada, or looked for a deferment. The music has to be faced, and I would've faced it.
I will not be forced to fight an unjust war against anyone. If it's a righteous war, you won't need to draft me. I'll be the first in line to fight.
I think you're saying about the same thing as most other people in this thread.
The draft ended 4 years before I was eligible to serve. Had I been drafted, as a person obedient to authority back then, had I been drafted, I most likely would have gone.
As a middle age adult, knowing what I know now, about the draft, about the war, and about my country, I'd probably would have been like Ali and refused to be drafted.
I think this is probably one of the major reasons that older people are not drafted - they are more likely to tell the board to go to hell.
But I am curious about what others think... If you had been drafted at a young age, but knowing all the things you know now, would have served when called?
I didn't want to be drafted, so I joined the US Army when I was 19. This was in 1957. Would I do it again? Sure, I'm of the generation that believed we had a duty. As far as cassisus clay, he is a draft dodger.
The draft has always been unnecessary. We've never needed it.
If America comes under attack, the lines to join up will be two miles long.
But if It's some contrived Dick Cheney type nonsense, then you'll have to draft people. That's when you know that the war is a corporate canard.
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