If I was in charge at the time I would have drafted them in %26amp; sent them to Vietnam.|||They were drafted, they just dodged the draft. Then Carter granted them amnesty. Then one of them was elected President.|||President Carter granted amnesty to draft dodgers. Pres. Carter was a Naval Officer.
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|||President Carter granted amnesty to draft dodgers. Pres. Carter was a Naval Officer.
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|||Many got drafted. Of those who were drafted, some dodged and went to Canada, some applied for Conscientious Objector status, some washed out of processing and training, some became part of the army and went someplace other than Nam, some were put in non combat roles, and some hippies actually served in the jungles in combat situations.|||We did they ether went to war or went to jail (or went to Canada)
I do not think we should have a draft ever! It takes away individual liberty and lowers the morale of the force. If we can't get people to fight a war, maybe it isn't worth fighting.
Also when the people are cheap and easy to get the military doesn't work as hard to keep them alive. We spend more money on fewer people today and I think we do a better job. Not because the Soldiers weren't as good but because they didn't have the equipment and tactics we have today because of the all volunteer force.|||NUMEROUS of them were drafted. That is why the COUNTRY of Canada`s population sky rocketed during the VIETNAM WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Many that were DRAFTED HONOURABLELY served their COUNTRY. They deserve the utmost RESPECT; as we should ALL shake their hands and say WELCOME HOME BROTHER/SISTER. Sit down and twist a few cold ones with them; if they drink, or just spend some time with them. They earned to be LOVED, RESPECTED and to be cared for!!!!!!|||The Military as having pity on the soldeirs already in the Armed Forces alright picture this..... A platoon of 100 men is going in for a basic recon mission and one of the soldeirs in their platoon is a hippy they land set up camp and then are attacked while everyone is fightign the Hippy is handing out pamphlets about how war is bad and how everyone should "make Love not War" All the while smoking a joint :) how do you think the Vietnamese Commies would have looked at us? they would have laughed at our faces....this is why we didn't draft the hippies or so i like to think :) by the way ythat was complete sarcasm of course the hippies were drafted|||I was one of them long haired hippie freaks and I got drafted and did my time like a lot of other long hairs. The definition of a hippie is a jack that looks like a jill that smells like a john.
Damn Semper FI , I have never seen a platoon with 100 men and that many on a recon mission would be like a bull in a china shop. They would get their collective butts blown away.|||The were in college and draft exempt, dodged the draft (with phony claims to medical disability or that they were gay), or they ran away to Canada or Sweden.
In point of fact, we didn't really want them in Vietnam. They were not reliable, and we needed troops we could count on to cover our backs.|||The draft order was determined by lottery. If your number (birth date) hadn't come up yet you weren't drafted until it did.
There were a few ways to avoid the draft, as others have said, but everyone that met the age requirement was eligible.|||Hippies were terrified of the prospect of combat and the possibility of death or injury. Thus they invented moral objections to the war as an alibi to avoid military service. Many were so terrified they were willing to forsake family and friends and flee to Canada.|||They WERE drafted.
They ran out of the country and later got pardons, along with all sorts of people who committed crimes against the country during the war. These pardons are why people like Clinton and Kerry were legally able to run for President.|||A guy saying "peace man" and "outa sight baby" all the time wouldn't be much good in a war! Plus they'd all have to get their hair cut!|||A lot of them were drafted. They came home and grew the hair and re joined the hippies.|||I don't know where you got your information but it's incorrect.
They were drafted just the same as every other eligible male at the time.
Get your facts straight.|||they did get drafted, but instead of serving they ran off to canada.|||A lot of them did get drafted.|||Most of them refused to serve or had deferments since they were college students.|||cuz Cartman killed em all
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