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    They really shouldn’t want disgruntled millennials. I would be a truly catastrophic draftee, and not because I’d be incompetent.

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      Fuck that. It reminded me of the time I think someone in the army threw grenades at their fellow soldiers. This was years ago, he probably was fried for that and deservingly so.

      Play the long game, fake it until politicians or even the President make their tours on bothering visiting the military bases. Hope it’s yours, then throw a grenade at that fucker.

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      Could be hearsay, but I saw someone say even mentioning knowing what Fragging is during your interview is enough to get you disqualified.

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      At the same time we should not give up diplomatic options. We should send Iran the entire cabinet as a gesture of good will.

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      If the Wehrmacht is lacking we should send in the SS

      Do you not listen to yourself or? Look up Volkssturm to see whats coming

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            no more war but we can send ice to your region to live permanently. you can be nice to them while they terrorize and kill your people.

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            While a great sentiment, it’s unbelievably unrealistic. There will always be things people will die for. Likewise, there will always be things people will kill for.

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              Me: Hey, stop that!

              Guy who broke into my house: What a great sentiment, but it’s unbelievably unrealistic throws my stuff into a giant bag there will always be things people will want to steal.

              When criticism is levied against the empire, it gets framed as “stopping all violence forever.” The same framing is not used when it comes to criticism of enemies of the empire. Nobody talks about Iran in terms of “We can’t do anything about them because violence will always exists.” Why? Because they framed as being somehow uniquely beligerant, while the empire is framed as being “the normal amount” of beligerant - even though the empire is much more violent, beligerant, and aggressive than Iran or any other country.

              You can want the most murderous regime on the planet to stop attacking countries without the expectation that all violence will end forever.

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              Yankees bombing schoolchildren is not just “a fact of life” good lord. Your army is the single most murderous force in the last 100 years or so. Death to Amerikkka.

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                Same kinda shit has been happening since the Ubaid period 10,000 BC so it kind of is a fact of life.

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                It doesn’t matter what country we’re talking about. People on a fundamental level will never stop killing eachother. Downvote me all you like. It will never stop. We will always find some reason to kill other people. Whether they’re poor, or a different color than us, or because your government tells you they’re a threat to you, or whether they’re building bombs to use on you, or they’re raping and pillaging your home. You act like there’s some magic light switch you can just flip and turn off all the violence. It must be nice to live in fairytale land. You yourself are a contradiction to yourself “oh stop all murder! Except amerikkka! Kill all Americans!”

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                  lmao your yankee propaganda has you convinced that everyone is just as murderous as your stromtroops, they’re just faster and better equipped, but I can assure you that neither is true. You’re so deep in your propaganda that you can’t separate a population from it’s government either. Do you realise that your life isn’t magically tethered to the yankee government and people won’t just flop to the ground all over your occupied areas as soon as the white house is bombed?

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              We should start getting rid of the people who actively want that. Dangerous line of thinking i guess, but nobody can tell me that the wold wouldnt be net positive for removing trump, putin, xi, weidel, etc.

              Edit: counts for everyone next in line as well so long as they try to keep the idiology/insanity up

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                  Nothing, but go ask that same question to a Uyghur. Generally speaking, lifelong dictators tend to be not so great people.

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                  Shouldve added kim instead? I guess i didnt pay attention which instance i commented on but “lmao” indeed

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    After watching Russian soldiers getting blown to bits by drones for the last 3-4 years, I am good on ever joining the army.

    They can recruit those gen-z maga true believers focused on looksmaxxing though. Army uniform looks cool. Makes you Chad.

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    Can’t the US government and their enablers just calm down about waging wars? They’re quite literally one of the biggest issues of this world, and they think that they’re not the problem…

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      But have you considered how much money it will make them?

      Only way it stops is when someone stops them, and it won’t be peacefully.

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    Raised from 35 to 42, which is a big jump. At 35, the physical downward spiral is just beginning. At 42, it is typically well underway, especially in the U.S., where obesity runs rampant. They must be anticipating a slog similar to that when Russia invaded Ukraine.

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      Not just in Iran, Lindsey Graham seems to think we’re also gonna invade Cuba, probably parts of Latin America, and who knows, maybe Canada or Mexico to top it off. Multi-front wars aren’t a bad idea right? We have the logistics to fight two separate long-term wars, so what’s a third or a fifth?

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    No fucking way I’m ever taking orders from someone who doesn’t think for them self.

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      Doesn’t matter if it is going to be raised arbitrarily. I predict we’ll top age 55. That literally means they expect you to be in the military for life, just about.

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      It doesn’t matter, because we’re never going. Even if they try to implement the draft, myself and millions of other will cause disorder.

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      Below 45

      I.E. eligible for the draft until your 45th birthday.

      EDIT: The special skills draft for health care professionals is up to 54.

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      Whatever it is now doesn’t matter, because they will completely rewrite the laws if they ever actually do a draft