sorry I meant cousins wife lol weird typo <| sep |> If not you , then who ? <| sep |> THERE IS NO JUSTIFYING VIETNAM . I ' m not trying to justify Vietnam . You don ' t need to get so bent out of shape . I ' m just saying , you are underestimating social pressure that existed . Because if your point did come full circle , there would have been WAY WAY WAY more draft dodgers . From a pool of approximately 27 million , the draft raised 2 , 215 , 000 men for military service in the United States , Vietnam , West Germany , and elsewhere during the Vietnam era . The draft has also been credited with encouraging many of the 8 . 7 million volunteers to join rather than risk being drafted . citation needed The majority of servicemen deployed to Vietnam were volunteers . straight from Wikipedia those last two lines . 8 . 7 million volunteers . The double air quotes are there for a reason .