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Originally Posted by Tasaio

Are You Going to be Drafted?

But, let's suppose it was. What would you do in such a situation?

I've thought about this. If it's an offensive war, or a war fought on someone else's soil, I'll refuse to be drafted because I don't believe in the wars we've been fighting. I'd either go to jail, or move to another country, but I'm not going to allow politicians to force me to kill people whom I don't want to kill.

I'm opposed to a draft in the first place anyway philosophically. People aren't resources for a nation to use at its will, at least a true free people. If people care about defending their nation against invasion, then they'll join up and fight voluntarily. The American Revolution is a prime example of that - fighting against the most powerful empire in the world, fighting against invasion of troops who came to restore British power over their colonies. During the Revolution, Congress did not draft a single person. Every "American" who fought against the British did so willingly. Yet the revolutionairies won against the most powerful empire on Earth at the time.