schipelblorp comments on The weirdest thing about American culture

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Draftees make horrible soldiers, especially in unpopular wars which, lets be honest, have been all of the US' military engagements since 1945. I think the military would rather do without them and the grenades that tend be dropped into the tents of sleeping COs.

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[–] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

My wife and I were talking about a draft for Iran and whether they would widen the age range they're looking for and try to draft me. I said that if they tried, I would promise them that if they handed me a gun that I would use it to kill as many high ranking American officers as I could because I'm much more dangerous than a pacifist or conscientious objector; I will actively sabotage a war that I don't believe in and that I'm forced to participate in. So I think they'd let me stay home. If you force me to give my life for a cause, I'm gonna be the one to pick the cause.

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[–] The_Hideous_Orgalorg@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

I think they would give you a new room, not much furnishings though.

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago*

Depends how everything else is going. Probably at the point we have a draft to go to Iran, we'll already be an authoritarian state and your options are to go to to war or to ICE camp. You think Russians are volunteering to die in Ukraine?

But I'd be curious if that would have worked in Vietnam. I'm guessing they would just put a note in your file to subject you to as much abuse as possible or just kill you the way they did Pat TIllman. Conscientious Objector status is a really a sop to religion, otherwise I think a lot of people could qualify for it.

Edit: Get out of the US if you at all can.

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