I moved to Oregon the fall between Saddam's Invasion of Kuwait and our invasion. I had mixed emotions about our involvement at the time, but I don't want to get into those here.
By the time of the actual invasion, I was living with Abe. His parents were Vietnam Era war protesters and they kept pressuring him to register as a contientous objector. Abe thought about it long and hard, but refused. He was against the war, but he wasn't a Pacifist. He rather felt that fraudulently regestering as an objector or fleeing to Canada would be a basic betrayal of what he believed. He could protest, but by choosing to live in America, he was agreeing to fight if asked to, whether he agreed with the War or not. I always admired his position, although his views on voting drove me up the wall.
I myself thought there should be the draft for both genders or not at all. My reasons for this are myriad, including 1. The draft discriminates against men by demanding that they risk life and limb without demanding it of women. 2. It descriminated against women by denying us the right to serve our country beside the men, and thus we couldn't really be full citizens.
Gulf War I
By the time of the actual invasion, I was living with Abe. His parents were Vietnam Era war protesters and they kept pressuring him to register as a contientous objector. Abe thought about it long and hard, but refused. He was against the war, but he wasn't a Pacifist. He rather felt that fraudulently regestering as an objector or fleeing to Canada would be a basic betrayal of what he believed. He could protest, but by choosing to live in America, he was agreeing to fight if asked to, whether he agreed with the War or not. I always admired his position, although his views on voting drove me up the wall.
I myself thought there should be the draft for both genders or not at all. My reasons for this are myriad, including 1. The draft discriminates against men by demanding that they risk life and limb without demanding it of women. 2. It descriminated against women by denying us the right to serve our country beside the men, and thus we couldn't really be full citizens.