Yes, Roger, but VietNam, for example, was fought by conscripted men. Most
of the imperialist wars (such as VietNam) in which the U.S. engaged
involved drafted men, who came disproportionately from poor and/or minority
backgrounds. The draft is inherently racist as well as classist.
More significantly, the only way you can stop war, logically, is by
stopping war. Violence only begets violence, and world history has already
borne witness to that fact. Examples are Northern Ireland and the former
Yugoslavia. (In the latter case, U.S. military intervention has added fuel
to the fire.)
During the late Sixties there was a saying, "You can't fight for peace any
more than you can ball for chastity." My favourite proverb from that
beautiful time is "What if they gave a war and nobody came?"
There are better ways to serve your community than by killing people in
other lands.
Yours in peace,
Gloria Burd
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