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anarch

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8. true, but that might change under this administration

Reply to marybourg (Reply #5)

Tue May 14, 2019, 02:03 PM

May 2019

hell, they even brought back those WWII era uniforms...next, the draft! Two million boots on the ground in the Middle East!

Meh, probably not...we have robots and missiles now anyway; they can just let all the fat stupid kids die from drugs and shoot each other at home, they don't really need them to catch bullets in some foreign land for the sake of the oil anymore...then again fuckface might order it done anyway, as part of his general program of causing as much harm as possible to the U.S.

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71% of young people are ineligible for the military and for most careers, too [View all] TexasTowelie May 2019 OP

That's okay because IQ45 wants millions to fight Iran. He'll take anybody as long as sinkingfeeling May 2019 #1

Eric Prince is standing at the ready WhiteTara May 2019 #23

I wonder how many records are reflective of marijuana arrests. Must be some percent. dameatball May 2019 #2

I don't get it...if they just need cannon fodder, none of the factors mentioned would matter n/t anarch May 2019 #3

Today's military is not so much cannon fodder as it used to be. marybourg May 2019 #5

true, but that might change under this administration anarch May 2019 #8

I think they should let the fat donnie supporters re enlist and fight that new war he's planning in kimbutgar May 2019 #4

Who will staff the 120,000 soldiers required for Bolton and democratisphere May 2019 #6

National Guard. Wellstone ruled May 2019 #14

The linked article does not say how Bettie May 2019 #7

It listed the reasons in the second paragraph. GoCubsGo May 2019 #12

And also speaks very poorly for the future of the US. n/t RKP5637 May 2019 #15

I don't buy the 71% figure. GoCubsGo May 2019 #24

Thanks for the analysis!!! RKP5637 May 2019 #25

That specifies military rules Bettie May 2019 #20

It said "MANY jobs." GoCubsGo May 2019 #22

sorry, you can't kill brown kids for oil with that weed ticket on your record samir.g May 2019 #9

Sure you can - join a militia and go hunting in the Sonoran desert. Donnie will give you an award! Runningdawg May 2019 #11

When Trump starts his war trev May 2019 #10

tRump's supposed to be a pillar of health per his dr. Send him in first, yep!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2019 #16

How did that happen? gratuitous May 2019 #13

Gonna need a bigger Group W bench Beausoleil May 2019 #17

War makes most everyone eligible. Kaleva May 2019 #18

Yup. n/t tazkcmo May 2019 #28

My Dad knew a guy who was drafted in WWII and was missing his trigger finger Kaleva May 2019 #29

Well that's one way to give peace malaise May 2019 #19

They have grown too picky for recruits. Opel_Justwax May 2019 #21

I was recalled to active duty for Oil War One aka Desert Storm tazkcmo May 2019 #27

Oh poo. tazkcmo May 2019 #26

The biggest problem is very few smart people want to kill innocent Muslims because Hoyt May 2019 #30

I don't remember if it was WW I or II that they lowered requirements. LiberalFighter May 2019 #31

I don't see how obesity impacts most careers. NutmegYankee May 2019 #32