[CaptainCrunch]

I'm no coward, nor am I a peacenick that believes that all war is wrong and all problems should be hugged better. WWI & II, Somalia, Afghanistan etc. were all worth fighting. However if I were an American there is no way I'd go over and risk my life or limbs for a cause I didn't believe in just because I wasn't rich enough to get out of it.

I'm not attacking you personally, I don't know you so I can't attest to your level of bravery. but I have to ask. Who do you respect more, the guy who flees over the border at midnight, or the guy that went to the draft board and said that there's no way I believe in this, I'm not going, but I'm ready to face the consequences. Or the guy that said, I don't believe in this war, but I might be able to serve a greater good by serving and supporting the guy in the hole next to me?

I'd happily stand with the group that "ran away" based on my principles rather than the group opposed to the war but went over and killed people anyway just because my government had a beef.

My viewpoint is that these draftdodgers were willing to flee but unwilling to take responsibilities for thier convictions. thats what makes them cowards to me.