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1. It would have ended years sooner without the draft. The reason draftees were eventually sent

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 01:46 PM

Jul 2012

was that they couldn't wage the war they wanted using a small volunteer force.

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I wonder if Vietnam war would have ended years earlier …without the baby boomers. [View all] raccoon Jul 2012 OP

It wasn't "ended" it was lost...even with the drafted boomers. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2012 #4

I'm not sure I follow your logic onenote Jul 2012 #5