Word: objectore
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Thus was enunciated the Clinton doctrine of humanitarian intervention. Yes, there will be interventions for our national interest. But there will also be interventions for reasons of conscience. It has been a long road from Vietnam: the conscientious objector has become the conscientious warrior...
...Virtually every young man faced the war dilemma," says Berkeley's Gitlin, who wrote a superb history, The Sixties. "It was not self-evident what was the right thing to do. For some it was to leave the country; for others, to be a conscientious objector, or seek an exemption by having children or working in some protected occupation, or by staying in school." For some, of course, the right thing to do was to go to Vietnam and serve...
...November, just days after Lwin filed his conscientious objector application, beginning a process that can take months, his Bronx, N.Y., unit was mobilized. Lwin waited more than a week to report to duty...
Marine Corps prosecutors say he deserted, but Lwin's lawyers hope to make legal history by arguing that the mobilization order drawn up by the Defense Department exempts troops with pending conscientious objector claims...
Such is certainly the case at Harvard. The Crimson ran a long feature about the mechanics of the draft and the possibility that it may return. The Perspective published a page of tips for those who might apply for conscientious objector status...