[I still care]

This is not Vietnam because there is no draft. I was in high school during the early 70's, I well remember the paranoia that pervaded the thinking of the young men about to graduate. So many of them were scared to death, and parents were worried about their kids.

That is not a big piece of this conflict because everyone who is in Iraq in essence signed up at some point for this job.

For an interesting perspective on the war, read Radical son by David Horovitz. He was active in the left during that time, and they thought the protests during the war would bring the country into communism or socialism. They were devastated when after the war ended their movement lost all power. They didn't understand all those kids demonstrating in the street really were just interested in saving their tails.

[stylin19a]

HS grads in the early 70's had to feel a little safer about the draft, then those of us who WERE drafted in the 60's.
The draft turned into a lottery 12/1/69. The last lottery was 2/72 for 1973 fullfillment. The 1973 fullfillment never happened.