I disagree.
He had no quarrel with Vietnam. He willingly paid the price of his convictions - a heavy price.
Ali had the mentality of a 12 year old. (That is being generous).
He parroted whatever his Nation of Islam handlers told him to say.
“paid the price of his convictions-a heavy price.”
Don’t make me laugh. He had no convictions. He was a draft dodger. Nothing could be more ridiculous than someone who makes his living beating people up claim to be a conscientious objector.
Add to that his becoming a Muslim. Who ever heard of a Muslim pacifist?
Cassius Clay was a POS.
“I got nothing against no Viet Cong. No Vietnamese ever called me a nigger.”
Muhammad Ali