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Are going to war in:
Venezuela
Greenland
Cuba
Mexico
Iran
Syria
Colombia
etc.
This president has a war-age child.
So who is going? Asking for a generation........
chicoescuela
(2,651 posts)niyad
(129,664 posts)spawn who would never be at risk with the horrors his sire is creating.
snot
(11,528 posts)Hire mercenaries like Blackrock, who are subject to fewer restrictions and less oversight, at great taxpayer expense;
Impoverished the middle class to the point that young people desperate for jobs enlist; and
Lots of propaganda glamorizing military service (anyone else seeing a lot of commercials like that lately?)
If they get sufficiently desperate, they may start admitting more immigrants and offer citizenship in exchange for service, an admittedly awkward turn-about that they're probably correct in assuming they'll be able to sell to the public with sufficient propaganda.
That said, I believe there have been at least a few preparations made for a possible reinstatement of the draft; but since the draft helped fuel tremendous resistance to the Viet Nam war, I believe they'll leave that option as a last resort.