I think they are smart. You have to be pretty stupid to walk in front of bullets.
Opposition mounts with rising draft calls and casualty rates. By the late 1960s, a strong anti-war coalition of students, pacifists, clergy, civil rights and feminist activists, and various other groups regularly engage in demonstrations, draft-card burnings, sit-ins at induction centers, and break-ins at local draft boards. Between 1965-1975, about 570,000 young men illegally evade the draft: 360,000 are never caught; between 50,000-100,000 flee to Canada, Britain, and Sweden; 198,000 have their cases dismissed; 22,500 are indicted; 8,800 are convicted; and SADLY 4,000 go to prison. CO exemptions in relation to actual inductions grow from 8% in 1967 to 43% in 1971 and 131% by 1972. Between 1965 and 1970, 170,000 registrants are classified as COs.
Opposition mounts with rising draft calls and casualty rates. By the late 1960s, a strong anti-war coalition of students, pacifists, clergy, civil rights and feminist activists, and various other groups regularly engage in demonstrations, draft-card burnings, sit-ins at induction centers, and break-ins at local draft boards. Between 1965-1975, about 570,000 young men illegally evade the draft: 360,000 are never caught; between 50,000-100,000 flee to Canada, Britain, and Sweden; 198,000 have their cases dismissed; 22,500 are indicted; 8,800 are convicted; and SADLY 4,000 go to prison. CO exemptions in relation to actual inductions grow from 8% in 1967 to 43% in 1971 and 131% by 1972. Between 1965 and 1970, 170,000 registrants are classified as COs.