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True but at least the US doesn't have the draft anymore so American society doesn't care much and life goes on unchanged. When I read about an aircraft carrier being diverted to cover the withdrawal I couldn't help mutter "Saigon".



> True but at least the US doesn't have the draft anymore

Unfortunately it does. Hasn't been called up since the Vietnam War but the system is still in place and people are still required to register.

https://www.sss.gov/


> Unfortunately it does.

No, it doesn't.

> Hasn't been called up since the Vietnam War

Right, because there is no draft law.

> but the system is still in place and people are still required to register.

No, the registration system is in place, but it would take a change in law for there to be a draft.




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