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| Yes | 42% | 414 votes | Total: 989 votes | |
| No | 58% | 575 votes |
Yes
by Lou Jones
Created on: November 13, 2007 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
Soldiers should be able to opt out of wars they disagree with.
From a practical viewpoint, military needs
by pilgrimboy
Created on: November 12, 2007 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
If a nation believes the wars they fight are just, then that nation should have no problem with allowing
Created on: April 12, 2008 Last Updated: April 20, 2011
Any military person has already voluntarily gone above and beyond when they entrust their lives in the
Created on: November 12, 2007 Last Updated: August 05, 2009
A soldier has already made the greatest commitment to his/her country: the tacit agreement of laying
by Randa Morris
Created on: November 12, 2007 Last Updated: September 03, 2011
Throughout the course of history leaders around the world have attempted to force men to fight in wars
Created on: November 13, 2007 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
Nobody should be forced to endure combat unprepared or, with mixed emotion, so the option of being dishonorably
by Alex Yi
Created on: November 12, 2007 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
The right to freedom of choice has been fought for, for centuries but it seems that this right is once
by B. J. Deming
Created on: February 25, 2011
At first it appears obvious that soldiers should never be given the option to sit out a war they disagree
Created on: November 12, 2007 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
The problem with answering yes or no questions is that the respondant is being sucked into an adversarial
Created on: August 23, 2009
How can America claim to be the land of the "FREE" when soldiers are not allowed to decide if they
Created on: November 08, 2007 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
I don't think allowed is the right word. Many soldiers are fighting in our current conflict because
Created on: November 24, 2007 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
This is a sticky matter - a soldier asking not to, or refusing to, participate in a particular conflict
Created on: January 30, 2009
In my humble opinion soldiers should have the right to bow out of any conflict that they do not fully
by John Gugie
Created on: March 31, 2008 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
I think that soldiers should be allowed to opt out of wars they disagree with. How can soldiers effectively
by Joseph Malek
Created on: November 12, 2007 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
If you are a member of the armed forces of the United States of America, you are required to obey, without
Created on: November 12, 2007 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
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.
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No
Created on: November 12, 2007 Last Updated: May 17, 2012
Wherever you hail from, your country's Army is a professional fighting force, whose reason for
by Nathan Hook
Created on: November 12, 2007 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
The risk of allowing soldiers the choice in which wars they would like to fight in, is making a fragmented,
by Jay O'Toole
Created on: November 13, 2007 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
Military cohesion requires that this never be an option!
The very idea that the question needs to be
by Dean Ralph
Created on: October 28, 2010
The answer for anyone that has served in the Armed Forces of the United States should know that the
by B. L. Babb
Created on: April 12, 2008 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
Each and every Sailor, Soldier, and Airman in the military service today is there for one reason. The
by Mick Marten
Created on: November 12, 2007 Last Updated: November 19, 2011
Here in the U.S.A., military membership is voluntary. There is no forced membership, or draft anymore,
Created on: November 12, 2007 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
Freedom, democracy, loyalty. When a person signs up to join the military, they are doing more than earning
by Jonte Rhodes
Created on: November 12, 2007 Last Updated: June 04, 2009
Many people have been questioning recently whether soldiers who didn't agree with a specific war should
Created on: April 14, 2011 Last Updated: April 15, 2011
The military draft for the Vietnam War ended in February of 1973. Since then, all military recruits
Created on: November 12, 2007 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
Under no circumstances can a soldier be allowed to choose which wars to fight. America is a Democratic
by Daniel Cloud
Created on: February 05, 2011
Soldiers should not be allowed to opt out of any war period. Soldiers take an oath, and the oath does
by T. M. Beeker
Created on: July 22, 2008 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
In the Corps we had a simple answer to such a ridiculous query, "USMC stands for yoU Signed the Mother#&(%ing
Created on: January 23, 2009
"Okay guys - we're shipping out to Iraq tomorrow. Except for these five guys on my right, who believe
Created on: November 25, 2007 Last Updated: November 20, 2008
Soldiers, by definition, are those who volunteer or are volunteered to defend a nation. Every U.S. soldier,
Created on: April 11, 2011 Last Updated: April 15, 2012
A soldiers duty is to his country, and that duty is to defend the homeland from invasion or to go and
Created on: January 23, 2009
No, they definitely should not be allowed to. As a veteran of the Iraq war myself (which is technically
Created on: July 09, 2008 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
The concept of opting out of a war, or even a duty, that they personally disagree with should be so
by Jerry Curtis
Created on: November 12, 2007 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
As a retired Navy officer, I found the title of this debate article both intriguing and somewhat humorously
by KS Buchanan
Created on: May 07, 2008 Last Updated: September 09, 2008
Growing up in a military family (my parents, grandfathers, brother all served), I feel like I had to
Created on: November 13, 2007 Last Updated: November 25, 2010
It seems very easy to sign up for the National Guard, for instance. And it's great when there are no