Pros And Cons Of Going To The Military Draft

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As it says at the beginning of the Document that thousands of young American men chose to flee into exile in Canada rather than having a high risk of being drafted into the military. All of these young americans became known as “Draft dodgers”. Many of these young americans didn't go because they didn't want to die and not be able to see their family anymore. Draft dodging- is when you don't comply to join the war. So my questions is would you go?

Now it's my time to answer the question would you go to the draft or dodge it? I would dodge the draft because I don't want to go to the to the draft and sacrifice my life for people who hasnt done anything for me. I would die for my family but not for people who hasnt done anything for me. Like it says in Ethical Dilemma as your first day as a soldier you are part of a unit of U.S marines who are assigned to protect the area in and around the Da Nang airbase in South Vietnam. See just standing around and protecting the airbase you could be killed, an enemy could come out of nowhere or could be spying.
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In the military I would have to kill many people in the war. Between 510,114-1,116,114 soldiers died during the Vietnam War. Here’s another reason because you could be killed if you didn’t follow what your sergeant or what your lieutenant told you to do. That’s why I wouldn't

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