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BaileyAleksandrov · 22-25, F
Actually Females don't have to sign up for the draft...yet. The draft hasn't been used since WW2. Maybe one day we'll need it again, but for now we don't.
lorne13 · 61-69, M
@Quizzical: yes and a rather large number of black guys had to go
Quizzical · 46-50, M
@lorne13: Disproportionately so as I understand it...
lorne13 · 61-69, M
@Quizzical: disproportionate enough to cause a lot of anger

Quizzical · 46-50, M
Cowardly politicians making decisions, going to war, and then hiding behind the electorate.

If they are so invested in war they should go themselves!
Quizzical · 46-50, M
@dark548: And in any future global conflicts we will ALL suffer, except for those politicians hiding away in bunkers.
dark548 · M
@Quizzical: SMH
SW-User
Let them send their kids off
Maybe if the US actively drafted people there would be more active opposition to foreign wars.
MarineBob · 56-60, M
the draft ended in 1973. Please stop getting your news reports from Facebook
katielass · F
@MarineBob: Sorry, I meant the requirement to register. I don't recall exactly when that started. Correct me if I'm wrong but when the draft ended in 73 you didn't have to register but later on they started the register requirement. Is that right?
MarineBob · 56-60, M
@katielass: yes
katielass · F
@MarineBob: OK thanks.

Btw, it's easy for me, or anyone else, to sit here and say how we feel about the draft or war but the simple truth I understand is that freedom isn't free.
Someone has to pay the price for that and I'm damn thankful for every single person who has served whether he volunteered or not.
BlackBloodDemon · 22-25
Scary
I'm too much of a coward to be in the military. I respect all men and women who go in the military because they want to. I can never bring myself to do that.
I believe in the right to be a conscientious objector. We dont have draft here now but it we did some should not go against their beliefs.
Only if there is a great shortage and we are under attack. Onerwise B/S
dark548 · M
If america is constantly under attack then thats another story but for fighting a war in another country's soil and in matters that do not directly involves us...yeah

 
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