Part 1: I don't think that O'Brien is a coward for going to war. I understand why he thought this way though. He didn't want to fight in this war because he believed it was being fought for all the wrong reasons. He believed that there wasn't even a legitimate reason to start the war in the first place. Because he wanted no part in the war, he decided to run off so he wouldn't have to be drafted. When he finally came to terms with what was going on and decides to enter Vietnam, he calls himself a coward because he was afraid of what people would think if he didn't go to war. His largely uninformed community nonetheless wields a moral clout that overpowers his own opposition to the war. I definitely don't blame him for wanting to run away. Why should anyone pay in blood for a war they don't even want to fight for, a war that has no purpose for them? However, he is by no means a coward. War is nothing to joke about and I consider him brave for entering a war for which he doesn't feel strongly. Part 2: Unfortunately, I believe that the US has found itself in another "Vietnam" type situation. I don't believe that this war is about terrorism anymore. Honestly, I think that we've become obsessed with power and trying to control everyone else to make sure we aren't harmed. I also don't believe in the draft. War for me is something that can be signed up for. It's wrong to make the unwilling go to a war that they don't support. Vietnam was a controversial war that not everyone agreed with. I feel that The war in Iraq is the same way. If there was a draft, I would definitely try to find ways out of it. I wouldn't consider myself a coward. There's nothing cowardly about not wanting to die for a war that I do not support whatsoever.
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