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Worrying about being drafted doesn't mean you're disloyal – it's an old American tradition

  • Written by Amy Rutenberg, Assistant Professor of History, Iowa State University
A large group of American male Reserve Officers Training Corps students gather to protest the U.S. draft in the late 1930s. Anthony Potter Collection/Getty Images

Fear of imminent war and a draft have escalated in the wake of U.S. forces killing Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in early January.

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