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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zoltan! who wrote (13806)	4/17/1998 3:58:00 PM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

Did the volunteer army come before or after the war was over? Zlot the Historian: after. The volunteer army was one of the consequences of the "war", or "police action" in Vietnam. Interesting: you were capable of realizing at the time that Indonesia was genuinely endangered, yes! possibly even Australia!, and that ONLY a Republican President could possibly get us out. (Well, okay, he actually did so, six years after he'd promised to, but what're a few more dead teenagers?) How odd that you can't remember when the draft was eliminated. I should think it was a question of some interest to you then. And, oh dear, I'm becoming quite confused about your age. You say the war would have had to last till 1983 for it to become a "problem" for you. One became eligible for the draft at 18. So that means you were born in 1965? My, my, your views on the conduct of the "war" were precocious!

To: Zoltan! who wrote (13806)	4/17/1998 9:00:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

Duncan, the anti-war movement was NOT motivated primarily by self-interest. I was there, and remember clearly that everyone I knew could stay in college and graduate school or wangle a 4-F or go to Canada. Children of privilege really did not have to worry about having to fight in Viet Nam, but we were extremely concerned about the loss of life for the Vietnamese, and the Americans who did go over there. It was the teenagers who did NOT go to college and had really poor alternatives who ended up being killed for the most part, and career military officers and patriots, who at least were making free choices. In fact, there were all sorts of efforts to talk to kids who were drafted or wanted to volunteer, and give them money to leave the country, free legal advice, and any other guidance that would have been helpful. We were begging them not to go, without feeling any real concern that any of us would have to serve. I knew absolutely no one who went.