Does truth hurt your little feelings?

from the draft because they were members of the UU church. I am now a member.

'Believe me' is President Trump's most common two-word phrase.

https://www.nola.com/news/politics/believe-me-is-president-trumps-most-common-two-word-phrase-report/article_63129e04-d58c-5014-8ea8-7f496ef916bd.html

and fairly obvious also...

You summed it right up, kairos12!

Russia has a military draft. Is avoiding that unpatriotic given the war in Ukraine is immoral? William Calley and Benedict Arnold both served in the military.

And plenty of religious leaders don't directly tell you who to vote for, but tell you to vote for people who feed the poor or bring peace and in any election sadly that's often

Unfortunately distilling things into easy sound bites doesn't always reflect a complicated reality.

You are so correct.

Of course, there is the fact that we as a nation do love to make things exceedingly complicated when they really don't need to be.

And, placating that desire is not helpful either.

Usually, anytime someone talks about 'complications', it is because of the desire to 'get a piece of the action'. The entire 'complicating' factor is other greedy people wanting in, or trying to stop you from getting what they believe is 'theirs'.

they would not go to VietNam, leaving the country, not expecting to be allowed to return...