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In reply to the discussion: Col. Wilkerson: If Americans Want Ground Forces To Fight ISIS, Let's Have A Draft [View all]avebury
(11,197 posts)I remember during the endless 2nd Iraq war, it did not matter if a person's term of service was actually due to end, if the military wanted they guy/gal to stay in, they were forced to say in. Military Stop Loss
It is vey different to be in the military today then what is was like for my Dad in WWII. You knew who your enemy was, there was a specific, achievable goal and the war ended. Now a says, the MIC and PTB are constantly looking for the next war to keep the MIC funded. Fighting the war or terror is like fighting smoke or the Hydra. You take out one group and another group will rise up because no one has successfully dealt with the root cause of terrorism and terrorist groups. There is no logic to this stragtegy and no foreseeable ending. To me, the concept of perpetual war is to keept the focus elsewhere and not on what is going on within our own country. The masses are stupid to fall for this game because it is already proven that the MIC and PTB have no interest in cleaning up their mess when people come back disabled, phyically or emotionally.
If they really want to continually wage war then there should be mandatory military service for all young people no matter what there socio-economic-racial background. The rich 1%ers should be required to serve up their children like the rest of us.
I really wonder if, at some point, an international coallition will be put together to take on the US because we are truly becoming the 21st Century version of Nazi Germany.