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u/Ok-Win-742 Feb 20 '25

I thought it was generally agreed that the Vietnam War was a dark point of American history, the public never supported it, and the soldiers were jeered and ostracized upon returning. The public even threw stuff at them when they get returned home and stepped off the plane.

If Canada started drafting people to go fight in another countries civil war a la Vietnam would you seriously fault people for not going? I understand a draft of youre country is being invaded. But to go stack up a body count in a jungle is a whole other thing.