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In reply to the discussion: 'That's terrifying': Anderson Cooper shaken after hearing Harvard scholars' 'dark' predictions on US [View all]wnylib
(21,347 posts)64. I don't think that most people who ran off to Canada
to avoid being drafted thought that they were helping to end the war. They were refusing to be part of it, either due to their belief that it was an illegal, unecessary, and unwinnable war, or due to fear of dying for something that had no clearcut value or threat to the US.
Even my brother, who was career Navy and served 2 years in Vietnam, came out of it with serious doubts about our purpose and reasons for being there. When his son was sent to Iraq, he was furious about another generation going into an unecessary war for corporate interests. And he was a conservative Republican.
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'That's terrifying': Anderson Cooper shaken after hearing Harvard scholars' 'dark' predictions on US [View all]
CousinIT
Oct 2021
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In January, when they received the application, the wait time was stated to be five months.
Grasswire2
Oct 2021
#20
The democrats stand firmly in the way of this..there are way more of us than there of them
PortTack
Oct 2021
#4
their 'progress' depends on dem/progs/media continuing the incredible stupidity of ignoring
certainot
Oct 2021
#36
Yup. It's up to the Biden Admin., the Democrats in Congress, and us. VOTE.
Joinfortmill
Oct 2021
#11
So why can't Fox news be shut down for promoting and supporting treason? nt
Binkie The Clown
Oct 2021
#21
Does freedom of speech include inciting to treason? I don't think it does. nt
Binkie The Clown
Oct 2021
#45