If you got drafted would you go?

[ole_evil_eye]

I wouldn't. I'd run my ass overseas and never look back. It's not so much I'm afraid of dying, but I refuse to kill for killer. And I also refuse to kill somebody who is of no threat to me

does that make sense?

[xray s]

1. Yes

To Canada.

[Merrick]

2. I agree.

And I'll be seeing that band you've got pictured there August 4th. Should be cool. Doesnt hurt that they're playing within walking distance of my place, either.

[ole_evil_eye]

8. August 16, TD Waterhouse Center, Orlando Florida

WHY DO THEY ALWAYS SEND THE POOR!!!!???!?!

[getmeouttahere]

3. I've already served....

but it sounds like they will make it under 40 to be drafted, but if they tried to draft me I would be gone so fast it will make your head spin.

[B Calm]

4. I was in the same predicament in 1969. I enlisted in the Navy

after trying to get in the Coast Guard..

[Spinzonner]

17. Ditto, Air Force 1971

[noahmijo]

5. Fuck No

I don't kill so that 80 year old greedy Christian wingnut motherfuckers can profit from the bloodshed.

[sbarrett]

6. I too was thinking F* NO

You took the words out of my mouth

[paparush]

7. My son is 10 years old...

I hear Rummy et al talking about 8, 10, or 12 more years and I say NOT WITH MY BOY!!

[getmeouttahere]

10. Damn straight, paparush!

[Pacifist Patriot]

20. My son is 8.

I had people make fun of me when I expressed this concern a year ago. They aren't laughing now.

[justjones]

9. Hell motherfucking NO!

I'll kill myself before I kill for the state, but most likely will end up in jail because I don't have the resources to flee the country.

[friesianrider]

11. Fuck no.

* has NO FUCKING CLUE what kind of massivecivil unrest we would have if he dared to reinstate the draft. Americans would go en masse into the White House and remove his sorry ass from office.

[amber dog democrat]

12. I joined the Navy in 69

and had no regrets about that decision. Plus I used my GI Bill college benefits towards a degree afterwards.

But there is no way I would encourage anyone to join any of the ground forces these days. Wait until this one dies down first or until the Chimp and his junta are gone.

[SouthernDem2004]

13. Yes. /nt

[fishnfla]

14. Yes eom

[ElsewheresDaughter]

15. NO I would NOT!

[lapfog_1]

16. HELL YA!

If the NBA makes a boneheaded mistake tonight and thinks that I'm really a 6'7" power forward with a good shooting arm and great potential. I'm so there!

Otherwise... NO.

[SW FL Dem]

18. Hubby and I are too old

Our son is 14 and I hope we don't have to make that choice.

[Pacifist Patriot]

19. I'm not only a pacifist, I'm also a coward.

It's not death I fear, it's the psychological and spiritual wounds of engaging in warfare I consider unjust.

[David Dunham]

21. Canada has agreed to extradite draft dodgers back to the US

Draft dodgers will end up in US jails. It's better to say you're gay (even if it's a lie) and get out of the draft.

[xray s]

27. then it's Sweden then

Ja!

[XemaSab]

22. My uncle owns a ranch in Canada, eh?

n/t

[ornotna]

23. perfect sense

I'm too old but my son and his best friend have already made plans to go to Canada if it comes to that. Luckily I have relatives there.

[Outrider]

24. I'll laugh my ass off

Then go to their induction center with a note from my doctors. There is no way in hell that I would ever be put into service unwillingly, or willingly for that matter.

[deadparrot]

25. No,

I'll say I'm gay and get my ass to Europe.

[cynatnite]

26. Yes n/t

[YOY]

28. No

but then again I think being a returned Peace Corps volunteer I am already exempt.

Then again...better free medical care in prison than out here.

[Logansquare]

29. I won't kill someone unless there's a damn good reason for it

Halliburton isn't one of those reasons.