People didn't oppose the Vietnam war, they opposed going to fight in it
(NEWSER) - There’s one surefire way to end the war in Afghanistan: bring back the draft. After all, that's what worked in the '60s, writes cartoonist Jeff Danziger, who was drafted and served in Vietnam. The protests over that war ripped the country apart, grinding the war effort to a halt. “The suspicion grew that college students who resisted the war were actually not against the war,” writes Danziger in the Boston Globe . “They were against themselves being called to fight it.” More»