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I never registered for the draft. I don't plan on it, either.
It's wrong. I don't mean to sound like a troll, but I don't give a shit if it's my "duty" to serve my country in that manner. My life is my own, and if someone thinks they can order me to go fight and possibly DIE, they can kiss my ass.
I don't think service should be mandatory. Those who do not want to do it should be given that freedom of choice. After all, freedom is what this country was founded upon. If military duty was mandatory and I just so happened to be shipped off to Iraq in a time like this, I'd be pretty f'n pissed. I'd rather go AWOL and spend a few years in jail than possibly losing the only life experience I have on this planet. If you volunteer for it, that's one thing, but to FORCE someone into fighting and dying is no different than me walking up to a random person and shooting them in the face.
There are also extreme psychological consequences for just putting someone in a situation like that that doesn't want to be there.
Besides, there's more than enough volunteers going into the military. Considering the death toll in Iraq is only 500, they're nowhere near a shortage.
Not to mention, almost all wars from now on will be fought with Technology (laser guided missiles, etc..) as opposed to grunt infantry like we saw in Vietnam, so I'm not too worried.
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