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To: Technical Editor; Vendome

You would not be conscripted as you are not a citizen.
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Tell that to the foreign nationals living in the US who were drafted during Vietnam


7,445 posted on 08/06/2009 12:09:47 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana; Technical Editor

Your point is taken but, a foreign national can choose (or could as we no longer have a draft) to return to their country of origin, to escape the draft, with no fear of prosecution.

An American citizen cannot.


7,462 posted on 08/06/2009 12:23:37 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: Tennessee Nana
Tell that to the foreign nationals living in the US who were drafted during Vietnam

IIRC, that was only legal permanent resident aliens. Not other types of legal foreign residents, not those on student visas for example.

8,020 posted on 08/07/2009 7:57:10 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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