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Could you at least replace my windows if you're going to hit that close to home?
Cannonfodder /s
Affordable Health care isn't why you are fat...
Aren't you a peach.
I never thought I'd see a POTUS consider denaturalising US citizens as well so you'd hope they won't draft you but I wouldn't discount it. Cannon fodder is always necessary especially if you're not white or MAGA.
This scene was always hilarious because we thought it could never happen… But given everything that this administration has done so far, it seems more like a prediction…
Thought it could never happen? That sort of shit happened several times in past wars.
At least my death after I'm drafted in the wars over oil will raise the share price of the Military-Industrial Complex shareholders, bless them 🙏🙏🙏
RTX and General Dynamics thank you for your service. 🙏
I’ll kill half a dozen cops or MP’s or die trying if they try to forcibly deploy me before I do a single goddamn thing for Trumps Military.
If somehow I’m deployed against my wishes my first action is to make a white flag out of my underwear, surrender to whoever they deploy me against, and share as much intelligence as I have (probably 0 but who cares).
This isn’t some power fantasy by the way, I don’t want to hurt anyone.
This is why I don't think the strength of the US military holds up to its historical reputation today.
No one wants to fight stupid wars for someone else, but they are willing to defend themselves, their loved ones and their way of life. And we have the internet that allows us to know that yes, other people also live a similar life to me and have similar thoughts. Sure, they have all the prepper and tacticool guys dying at the chance to get on a chopper. But real life warfare, especially guerrilla, is not like in the (American) movies
As a european, chances are if my country is being invaded, it's either by Russia og USA. If I'm gonna have to defend my country it will absolutely not be through the military. Conventional warfare against a greater foe is just a really good way of getting killed.
Either civil disobediance or terrorist attacks like the IRA is more my style.
We have assessed your current situation and are pleased to inform you we have created a project for people with skills like yourself.
Welcome to operation meat shield where we'll cash in those 30 years of contributions and pensions to keep the markets going I up and the boomers from having to face consequences.
What if they need drone operators? Our fat 40 year old asses have been playing games since the late 80s, and those skills are finally in demand.
And they'll use a bunch of teens straight out of high-school that still have youthful reaction times instead.
Sorry bro, they just going to import a bunch of Korean esport pros and make us all look like slobs.
The issue is that many of us are also concerned about the others who would or at least could be drafted. Our children. The younger adults we've taken under our wings and built friendships with. It's hardly any comfort knowing that I would never be drafted. Granted, I don't think there's a good chance of anybody getting drafted in my lifetime, but stupider shit has already happened, so there you go.
Remember that when a dictator runs out of qualified people, they'll draft anyone who has a pulse to keep things going.
Americans are not unhealthy due to lack of affordable healthcare. They are unhealthy due to the availability of cheap, heavily processed, high calorie foods.
It's multiple factors. There is the cheap, ultra processed foods, but also when a doctor tells you to lose weight, they're likely to tell you to go on a diet and exercise, but without giving advice on what types of diet and exercise are most helpful. Even if they do refer you to a nutritionist, insurance likely won't cover it. Add misinformation and a culture of blaming people for their bad health to that mix and you end up with a recipe for disaster.
Where are you folks finding cheap food? I'm grocery poor over here.
Wishful thinking, in the Serbian- Croatian war they were drafting 60 year olds. Russia has dropped any medical exemptions.
The motivation for most new recruits in the US military is escaping poverty. That poverty is on purpose to funnel recruits into the military. Unlikely to ever be a draft again, they'll just ramp up the poverty.
Also why leadershit is pissing their pants over declining fertility rates.
The motivation for most new recruits in the US military is escaping poverty.
Also the leading motivation for ICE recruits. That and the ability to be jerks.
The leading motivation for ICE recruits is power fantasies of hurting people and feeling important.
When Nazi Germany decided to declare war on the whole world, their leaders remarked that some of the fighters they were forced to use were "old meat" and "green vegetables". (So-called "casserole" units.)
It's one thing to think you're invincible and quite another to commit acts of state-sponsored terrorism and war in the belief that you're untouchable, but if there's anyone in the world who seems willing to find the breaking point, it appears to be Donald.
Donald’s barely even functional these days. This is his debt-holders’ war.
"Next thing you know you've got Uncle Sam's ass askin'
To join the army or what you'll do for their Navy
You just a baby
Gettin' recruited at eighteen
You're on a plane now
Eating their food and their baked beans
I'm 28
They gonna take you 'fore they take me"
No one thinks there would be a draft. But 40 isn't a cut off, nor would weight excuse you. The U.S. military has enough members to fight in 10 Vietnams at once.
(Also war has changed, so maybe 100 Vietnams at once)
The U.S. military has enough members to fight in 10 Vietnams at once.
And loose 10 Vietnams at once.
Millennials spent our time terrified of a draft 10-20 years ago. Gen Z, welcome to the "anti war for my own self preservation" club, we [millennials] really did try to keep you out of it