Ron and SRS,

Don't be so hasty to point your finger.

If I stay, then my son stays. I won't be faced with the choices of being drafted into a morally reprehensible war where my life is at risk, exile, or jail. He will. To wait until he is of draftable age is too late to protect him. If we migrate now, he will have dual citizenship. When he is of age, he can then decide for himself what he wants to do, go to war (which would break my heart, but could be a choice he would make), or renounce his US citizenship. If we stay, his choices are war, exile or jail. Many of my friends were drafted into Vietnam. Others chose exile or jail. All of those decisions and life changes were very difficult. Since I have the ability and the options to give him more choices, then I have the obligation to explore them.

Aside from the fact that I have been fighting for social justice for disadvantaged people in one way or another for 30+ years, and have more than paid my dues, my first responsibility is to my minor child. And as I stated in my first post, were it not for him, we would not consider leaving.

Janie