• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    My two sons will be of military age soon I would not support active involvement in any war that would risk their lives for Europe, Middle Eastern or other far flung countries when there is no real threat to mainland US.

    What the fuck…

    Like, I get it. I’m from a red state, my public education is not the best.

    But where did you grow up that they didn’t even cover WW2 in school?

    We ignore countries invading other countries, and we lose our allies while countries like Russia grow stronger.

    They’ll never stop. Even if Russia “restored the USSR” they’re not going to just sit back and relax once that happens.

    “Sparing” your two sons from a war that’s not going to even have a draft is dooming your grandchildren to living thru ww3 where there will be a draft again and even civilian survivors will (if incredibly lucky and wealthy)live through nuclear Armageddon.

    Proxy wars are the only way we’ve avoided more nuclear bombs, and if one side stops fighting the other is just going to speed up.

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      9 months ago

      But where did you grow up that they didn’t even cover WW2 in school?

      Buddy, the US was supplying the Nazis (well bothd sides) as a “neutral country” up until Pearl Arbor. A whole two years after the start of the war.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        So you think we should do the same now?

        The other person is arguing for inaction, I’m saying it’ll get worse if we ignore it like in ww2 and try to stay neutral…

        And you tell me we tried to stay neutral in ww2 like it’s some kind of “got ya”?

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          9 months ago

          Your reading comprehension needs work. I made no such comment. I simply pointed out that your premises was historically false.

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        9 months ago

        Sweet jesus, talk about reading a headline and not the whole srticle. Go back and see what they were supplying and in what quantities to each side.

      • JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz
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        9 months ago

        Mate the Russians don’t have to be competent, they just to zerg their way in. Like they are successfully doing now in Ukraine since the Ukrainian army has to put strict quotas on ammo usage.

        I was enlisted around 20 years ago in the middle of Afghan/Iraq madness and was going around American bases to “protect them from terrorists” and I’d happily do it again since it means my family won’t have to be subject of nuclear Armageddon