The weakness of the anti-war movement

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed May 26 11:22:09 PDT 1999


kelley wrote:


>well doug, i'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you were
>hoping for an equitable draft if'n ya get my drift. iow, were you planning
>on making sure that college students were drafted too? or were you just
>going to let that 50% of the pop. that doesn't attend college get drafted
>in order to fulfill their duty toward their country--that is, keeping the
>flame of dissent alive?

The only reason I'd be for a draft is that it'd make war less likely. I'm not "for" the draft otherwise, and I certainly don't want to send anyone, regardless of SES, into combat. If there is a draft, there's no good reason other than class bias why college students should be exempt.

Doug



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list