Republicans Panicked As Public Opinion Shifts Against Them

[patphil]

14. That may have been your family experience, but not mine.

When it appeared I may have been drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, my mother went from hawk to dove in about 1 heartbeat.
I decided to enlist in the Air Force, and be part of the medical corp to reduce the possibility I would end up in a dangerous situation there.
It worked, I never left North America. But, 4 guys from my upstate New York high school ended up dying over there.
Overall, I think most families will not want their family members fighting in these wars, and will react very unfavorably toward a government that escalates tensions to the point where the numbers of dead servicemen and women begins to climb.
It's easy to be pro war when there is no immediate consequence.
It gets harder when it strikes home.

Patrick Phillips