Reply #7: The resisters are real...

[TreasonousBastard]

and they might be hyped by the antiwar movement because there are so few of them. It takes some serious stones to try to resist the system, and many give up long before they are heard from.

On the other hand, there are, as far as anyone knows, several thousand AWOLs and deserters that no one talks about. I've heard it's as high as a hundred a day from our forces worldwide. But they don't get hyped, and many of them aren't conscientious objectors-- just people who couldn't hack the life. Add to these the ones who get out on medicals or generals for not being able to adapt, or various forms of depression, stress and battle fatigue.

Iraq is becoming more like Viet Nam every day.