Vietnam went on for a decade.
What about conscietous objectors, BTW? *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Conscientious objectors in the 1980's and early 1990's played a big role in the end of the draft in Spain and the transition to professional, volunteer armed forces. And there wasn't even a war on. Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides
As someone who nearly became one, I am happy that Europe is increasingly abandoning the draft. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Now, how could you be "unsubmissively" anti-militaristic and also an interventionist? Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides
Apatriotism another factor: intervention as international enterprise, vs. drafted army is national. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
I went to university in the US. For my undergraduate degree I had to not only take subjects in my major, and related areas, but also in history, anthropology, sociology, literature, art, or rather, I had to pick several subjects from a list of humanities, arts, and social sciences. Subject that I would have never bothered with at the university level, not because I don't find them interesting, but because under a system where it would be allowed but not required I would have felt compelled to concentrate on what directly mattered to my future occupation.
(For all the terrible things I have to say about the US, I really, really like their broader undergraduate curriculum. Going to university there was quite simply great. Maybe not true for all schools??)