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| Yes | 38% | 232 votes | Total: 615 votes | |
| No | 62% | 383 votes |
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by Lou Jones
Soldiers should be able to opt out of wars they disagree with. From a practical viewpoint, military needs soldiers who are ready and willing to carry out orders in dangerous ...read more
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by Alex Yi
The right to freedom of choice has been fought for, for centuries but it seems that this right is once again in question in the most destructive of ways. The acceptance by a sol...read more
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by John Gugie
I think that soldiers should be allowed to opt out of wars they disagree with. How can soldiers effectively fight for anything that they disagree with? I, for one, cannot figh...read more
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by Randa Morris
Throughout the course of history leaders around the world have attempted to forcemen to fight in wars that they did not believe in- with disasterous consequences. Ancient, and u...read more
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All military personnel enter into their respective service with a free will as a volunteer. As such, they are making a personal decision to protect and to serve their country. ...read more
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Soldiers should be able to opt out of a war they don't think is a just war, as in the war going on now. Just because one man wants to fight a country or more doesn't mean the wh...read more
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Yes, I believe that soldiers should be given the option to opt out of a war that they don't agree with. By making a man go and fight in a war that he does not agree with either...read more
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This is a sticky matter - a soldier asking not to, or refusing to, participate in a particular conflict akin, is it not, to a prizefighter saying that fighting is wrong, at lea...read more
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by Sonja Cowart
Should a soldier be able to "Opt Out" of a war they don't agree with? There are a number of factors that should be considered before a concrete yes or no answer becomes valid. ...read more
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Yes they should. A soldier has already made the greatest commitment to his/her country: the tacit agreement of laying down a life to protect others. To know you are likely to lo...read more
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I don't think allowed is the right word. Many soldiers are fighting in our current conflict because they have been ordered to do so. If the order to fight in the current confli...read more
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I would have said no initially, however in light of the situation regarding both Vietnam and now this current debacle in Iraq our government has taking and broken the trust of t...read more
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Even though I am a strong believer of Soldiers. I do feel they have the right to opt out of war. Had my own father had the right I think he would have chosen to stay home and no...read more
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by Raheim Smith
When I was hustled into the United States Army back in 1998, I was 17, dirt poor, and trying to do all I could do to make sure that my mom would not have to pay for college. I....read more
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by Joseph Malek
If you are a member of the armed forces of the United States of America, you are required to obey, without question, the orders of your commanding officer. Yes, your life and yo...read more
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by Roger Davis
The problem with answering yes or no questions is that the respondant is being sucked into an adversarial conflict which offers no resolution. The United States is a nation whos...read more
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Nobody should be forced to endure combat unprepared or, with mixed emotion, so the option of being dishonorably discharged should remain erect. Nobody should be forced to risk t...read more
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by Grace
Yes soldiers should be allowed to opt out of wars that they disagree with. I understand that it is a soldier's job to defend the nation and most of them are up for that task. ...read more
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by pilgrimboy
If a nation believes the wars they fight are just, then that nation should have no problem with allowing its soldiers to decide whether to fight in specific wars. If the cause ...read more
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YES I believe that the soldiers should have the right to opt out of wars they don't believe in. It is unjust and unfair to force them to fight in something they will not sup...read more
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Here in the U.S.A., military membership is voluntary. There is no forced membership, or draft anymore, although young men are supposed to register with "selective service" (info...read more
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by B. L. Babb
Each and every Sailor, Soldier, and Airman in the military service today is there for one reason. The underlying reasons may be many, but their actual presence in a military un...read more
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by Daniel Seitz
We live in a country that has a voluntary military. Young men and women volunteer for military service. Along with that comes the possibility of fighting, and possibly dying in ...read more
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The concept of opting out of a war, or even a duty, that they personally disagree with should be so foreign to a US serviceman that the question itself could never be asked. To...read more
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Should soldiers be allowed to opt out of a war they disagree with No It is difficult to fathom a provision in the military to allow enlistees to opt out of an unpopular war....read more
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by Angie Papple
"I will always place the mission first." -excerpt from the Soldier's Creed Fighting in Iraq, to today's Soldier, is not about religious beliefs or personal choice; it is abo...read more
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by T.M. Starnes
When you take an oath (which is basically your word of honor) to uphold whatever you are being asked to do and you are aware of what you are doing there is no such thing as opti...read more
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Volunteer n. one who enters into any service of his own free will, especially military service. (National Dictionary, 1939 edition) The United States should take great pri...read more
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by Jerry Curtis
As a retired Navy officer, I found the title of this debate article both intriguing and somewhat humorously ridiculous; intriguing because stating an impossible proposition some...read more
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I work for a living just like most of the United States population. Let me ask all of you; what would happen if you chose not to do your job? I, also like many people in this c...read more
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by Tom Parsons
When a man or woman signs up for military service, he or she agrees to serve the United States with honor and discipline, and to carry out legally given orders to the best of hi...read more
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by Lesley Mason
Absolutely not! Can you seriously imagine trying to run a military campaign, whereby you first have to ballot your army to see if they think it's a good idea? And where do...read more
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A Private in the Marine Corps does not have the right to free speech when speaking to a Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant. The military, because of our main mission, is not afforde...read more
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To join the military is to do so with honor. For centuries, men have joined the military forces to fight for their country. They have done so with pride and with honor. I am sur...read more
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Freedom, democracy, loyalty. When a person signs up to join the military, they are doing more than earning a free education. They are making a statement that they will uphold an...read more
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by T. M. Beeker
In the Corps we had a simple answer to such a ridiculous query, "USMC stands for yoU Signed the Mother#&(%ing Contract." After volunteering emphasis on the word volunteer you ag...read more
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by Roy Looker
There are so many points wrong with this question, that is makes me appalled that there are Americans who think this should be a viable option for service members. The main dis...read more
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If an individual, enlisted to represent his or her country in martial and/or strategic ways, ever has an inkling to "opt out" of war, or duty, passed down to him or her by the g...read more
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by Jay O'Toole
Military cohesion requires that this never be an option! The very idea that the question needs to be asked demonstrates that Society's over-arching desire for peace, and...read more
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Absolutely not should a soldier be allowed to opt out of a war. When they enlist, they know that they are in a job that can and sometimes does require them to participate in war...read more
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