This was a song for the people who had no way to dodge the draft. Young men who cold go to college, did so for the student deferment. Young men who had no student deferment expected to get drafted, and so many of them did.
It's been 52 years since the draft was ended, and people forget.

Were you around then? I was.
I had friends who fought in Vietnam. None said the U.S. effort was well organized or sensible. You'd fight and take a hill, then later that day give the hill back to the enemy, and a few of your buddies would have died in the process.
That war invited protest songs.

Two Missouri officers charged with stealing nude photos during traffic stops A Missouri highway patrol trooper and, separately, a Florissant police officer are accused of illegally searching women’s phones for nude images during traffic stops.

We will see a LOT more of this despicable behavior in the coming years. Creeps and predators will feel emboldened.
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