I didn't dodge, I didn't serve because I was not drafted, and did not join. Like 10's of millions like me, I lived a life not caring about "liberating the yellow man". I supported the troops, my brother and at least 9 cousins went to Vietnam. They all told me that if I joined anything but the Navy, I was stupid. The war was a lost cause to nearly all the guys that were "grunts". The reason it was a lost cause, the politicians played games with objectives, ROE, mens lives and the facts. How many POW's did we leave behind? We even left some behind in WW II for political expediency.
I know it sounds like I am a lefty, but I am not. I am just an average American that can SEE the waste of lives and treasure, for no gain. It has not always been so, but since the "smackdown" of McCarthur in Korea, it has been mostly true. I would not have volunteered to "free Kuwait", invade Iraq, or Afghanistan. The false premise shows now, or will be evident soon enough. We fight because we use war as a political tool, not to win a war and vanquish the enemy.
With all that I have written, if I knew then, what I know now about politicians, I would have protested the war in Vietnam.
Yes, the victory was stolen in Vietnam by our own politicians after a negotiated "victory". Communist expansion needed to be opposed, but why with proxy wars with no end in sight? The answer is, Billions for the politicians, money industrialists making arms, training for the professional soldier class, and to inevitably bankrupt the US Treasury.
Sorry, off subject a lot, but the point is, there is a big difference between not serving and being a draft dodger.
The reason it was a lost cause, the politicians played games with objectives, ROE, mens lives and the facts.
Sounds like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.