Bravo, irinaauthor. These are not draft dodgers; these are cowards. I realize they're scared, but it's called personal responsibility and common sense. Even if recruiters do lie (and I've no doubt some do), for God's sake, you're signing up for the ARMED FORCES during a time of war (and I refuse to believe that people who walk through a recruiter's door looking to sign their name on the line don't know we're at war). If young men and women cannot connect those dots, or are so dewy-eyed that they accept everything they're told as complete truth without a single moment of hesitation, then God help my beloved country.

These cowards are more than willing to accept all the benefits this country offers, but when it comes time to do the job they volunteered for, they run away. They are a disgrace to themselves, their families, and to this country. Every day that they shirk their responsibility, they spit in the faces of those men and women who trod unfriendly soil in their place(and are doubtless just as scared as they are), and I do sincerely hope the faces of every soldier, sailor, Marine, and airman who has perished or been wounded in the line of duty haunts their nightmares.

Their citizenship should be forfeit.

Also? If they refuse to honor their responsibility because they believe they are being told to participate in an illegal war, let them (and/or their families and/or friends on their behalf) pursue that in the courts of their own country.