Reply #7: It seems people only care when family members are directly involved. [View All]

[Selatius]

The tone was different during the Viet Nam War. Then, people weren't "apathetic" about the war. They were very interested in the form of being enraged. They protested. Some DUers have said in the past and will continue to say into the future that the biggest mistake of the anti-war movement then was repealing the draft. I am still on the fence about that, as my family suffered through that horrible war directly, but I can't help but ponder how this country's behavior would be different if there were 500,000 American conscripts garrisoning Iraq instead of 150,000 "volunteers."