Would that be fair...why or why not?
2006-10-23 07:45:38 · 16 answers · asked by kissmybum 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
ppl are excluded from the draft for a variety of reasons...I am merely asking if not supporting the war could or should be used as criteria.
2006-10-23 07:49:47 · update #1
Hmmm....so ALL of those in past wars that were excluded from the draft for whatever reason(except in the cases of serious medical or pyschological issues) are anti-american? I assume you mean those that got a "legal" exclusion too?
2006-10-23 07:59:23 · update #2
Some 16 million requested deferments during the Vietnam draft...the majority being multipe deferments actually. Reasons range from college students,new family,just married,only son and the list goes on and on....why are these situations considered reasonable or acceptable to allow exclusion(or deferment)and NOT supporting the war as being anti-american and unreasonable?
2006-10-23 08:20:22 · update #3
Rockandroll....The lottery is just the order of registered men called up( I believe it's divided by age, starting with 19yr olds-I think..lol)...then evaluation and it is at that time you ask for or file a claim for an exemption,postponement or deferment...again I repeat... 16 million young men received one of the three things I mentioned above.
2006-10-23 08:41:14 · update #4
It wouldn't be a draft then, would it?
2006-10-23 08:05:37 · answer #1 · answered by tallerfella 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As a retired Nam era vet I oppose any form of conscription, for a variety of reasons. So do many of the people in the military today, war has gotten to complex for draftees to be of any real use. Just getting them trained would be a time consuming and expensive process, and, unlike volunteers, many of them would have no goals beyond keeping themselves alive and unhurt. That is not the attitude I'd want in the guy next to me in combat, would you? If a draft was re-instated, as has been tossed around on Capital hill, it would almost certainly include women, and there would probably be no deferments, everybody does 2 years and you can go to College when you get out, doesn't matter who your Dad is. The only exceptions would be the handicapped and those people who were openly gay or lesbian. Do ask, don't tell, after all, and they told.
2006-10-23 17:19:27 · answer #2 · answered by rich k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several thought about that.......if you support the war then you should be the first to go....but if that were a law then no matter what when it came down to it, no one would suppor the war anymore....no the other side of that coin is....as an american citizen you are given the right not to agree with the war, in the minds of some, myself included, if asked you should have to fight for the country that gives you that right....
We are given many freedoms here, and those freedoms came at a cost, and keeping them will also....and you will not agree with every war or every thing that the gov. does, however, if asked, you should go and fight for the country that give you the right not to like it.....I would not go and volunteer for service, that takes a special kind of person, but if I got drafted, I would go...so questions....I think everyone should.
2006-10-23 07:51:09 · answer #3 · answered by yetti 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No because than you would get a lot of people saying they do not support the war so they don't have to be drafted. That wouldn't be fair at all.
The people who get out of the draft due to medical reasons, gender, or age.
2006-10-23 07:54:12 · answer #4 · answered by butterflykisses427 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
would you call this system a 'draft excluder' if so it could get confused with those long cushiony things (often shaped as either a snake or a sausage dog) that go by the bottom of the door and exclude drafts. You wouldnt want that. Best to stick to the old system.
2006-10-23 07:49:48 · answer #5 · answered by Apollo C 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a draft is a process of sending mass number of people wether they like it or not...... In my opinion those who are eligible and dodge the draft should give up all rights and citizenship and be branded as a traitor. If they want to continue to live on this land they must contribute and fight for it.
2006-10-24 04:51:00 · answer #6 · answered by Chunky G 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because all of a sudden everyone who previously supported the war, but is now eligible to be drafted will decide they are against the war. Then they won't have to go serve.
2006-10-23 07:48:31 · answer #7 · answered by momofmodi 4 · 7⤊ 1⤋
The ones who support the war are already over there, fighting, and risking their lives for YOUR freedom.
2006-10-23 07:48:07 · answer #8 · answered by Spirit Walker 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Sorry I saw the pic and lost concentration on the question. Can you repeat it again...
haha
2006-10-23 08:21:32 · answer #9 · answered by JB 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
technically, you could plead to the court why you disagree with the war. If they see your claim, you are not required to go. For instance, if I was a Muslim and pleaded that I did not want to shoot my own countrymen, it is possible that they would not send me there.
2006-10-23 08:02:20 · answer #10 · answered by Roger Y 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
BECAUSE that is the whole idea of a draft to force others to FIGHT other's war. This way those who cannot get daddy to get your a NATION GUARD gig can die so U can send in the future others to continue to die for their benefit.
2006-10-23 07:50:38 · answer #11 · answered by Genuis by Design 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋