What if Muhammad Ali Would Have Joined US Army?

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What if Muhammad Ali would have joined the US Army? I heard some men sitting around talking one day about the military and how they had to join to keep from going to prison. Their stories sounded so sad. No one should have to do something if they do not want to do it. They had to leave their families. These particular men were lucky that they did not have to fight the war, but they did join the US Army.

I began to join the conversation. I told them that Muhammad Ali was brave that he refused to join the US Army. These men told me that Muhammad Ali made a big deal out of nothing. They believed that if Muhammad Ali would have joined, he would not have to fight war. He would have been boxing in the military.

Muhammad Ali refused and stood up for what he believed in. I admire him for that. If it had been me, I would have wanted to refuse too. It was probably against Ali's religion to fight war. I'm against it too. Ali said, "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong...." And he didn't have a quarrel with them. They did not bother him. Muhammad Ali was drafted to get involved in something that he had nothing to do with. Sometimes things are put into our lives by force and power. That is why God is a merciful God. He knows that some things are not our fault. It is what other folks do. God was with Muhammad Ali, and he is with him today.