Some thought the war was 'unjust.' Some believed the North Vietnamese Propaganda that the U.S. was the aggressor in the conflict. Some simply didn't want to put their life on the line in the military at war.
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The first US draft was during the US Civil War (1861-1865); the last US draft was during the Vietnam War (1961-1975).
by slavery. they did the same for ww1, ww2, and Vietnam. its called the draft.
Radical protestors during the Vietnam era often burned their draft cards. American involvement in Vietnam began in 1955, and the war ended in 1975 during the presidency of Gerald Ford.
President Carter did not support the amnesty for men who left the US to avoid the draft during the Vietnam war due to his will to win the war and defeat Vietnam.
No because it was an undeclared war.