Re: [Marxism] US Presidents acting nuts

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

govi0006@xxxxxxx wrote:

> a large part of the US population aren't themselves directly threatened
> with being shipped off to Iraq (not counting those in the military due to
> the poverty draft).

The draft kept the Vietnam War to the front of popular consciousness --
as did the steady flow of casualties. Hence it was indeed an important
fuel to the anti-war movement.

But this point is often badly distorted, with the suggestion being made
that avoiding the draft was a direct motive for 'joining' the anti-war
movement, and this is silly. Even among draft-age men in the  movement,
few of them could be so silly as to have thought they could stop the war
before the draft got them.

Carrol

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