Does this guy hit the nail on the head or what?

Question

The young folks in those days were on the right side of the civil rights movement, but that was the extent of their good works. The anti-war campaign was a charade, having far less to do with pacifism than with lack of courage and discipline. The draft was still going strong and it was fear, not moral principles, which led young men to flee to Canada or to burn their draft cards.

http://townhall.com/columnists/BurtPrelutsky/2008/04/21/viewing_the_1960s_from_my_60s

Answer 1

Yeah, nobody could possibly have a good reason to oppose mass murder.

Answer 2

Yep

Answer 3

Sounds about right and that is why there will never be large protests against the Iraq "war" , because there is no draft , so it effects very few people

Answer 4

I think it's best to look at the protests and the movement in general in a sort of bandwagon or religious scheme. Many of the  founders of the movement were truly pacifists, however most afterwards had either no opinion and were just doing what everyone else was or were using this as an excuse to themselves as to why they should not leave.

I don't believe in the justifications for the Vietnam war or the Iraq war, however I do believe in the draft.