Why were people resisting the draft of Vietnam war?

Answer 1

First off, the draft was unfair. You could, essentially, buy yourself out of that and if you were in college (assuming your grades were good enough), you didn't have to go to the war. So if you were in the age range, poor enough and not in college, you had a letter in your mailbox.

Secondly, Vietnam was a very intimidating place. Soldiers were getting killed there all the time by their enemy, and they didn't really know how fight back because they were unfamiliar with the territory, etc. Like WWI, this was a whole new kind of fighting, guerilla warfare.

Third, the Vietnam War was an extremely unpopular one. Soldiers would come back to little or no celebration, and would often be spat upon after coming back. If you had to go, you were leaving your good life, going to an unknown territory with an unknown enemy, and coming back to shame and recovery from the horrors of war, and possibly injury as well.

Finally, the Vietnam war is the longest war in US history (and from my knowledge the longest in the 20th century). It was fought over several decades, and for years was dragging on to nowhere - people pretty much dying, and yourself not seeing the end to the war or the reason why your husband/father/son/brother/friend was killed.

Answer 2

They did NOT want to be forced into the military.