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America isn’t ready for another war — because it doesn’t have the troops
Vox via msn ^ | 01 Sep 2024 | Gil Barndollar

Posted on 09/01/2024 7:54:08 PM PDT by blueplum

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1 posted on 09/01/2024 7:54:08 PM PDT by blueplum
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Troops? It doesn’t HAVE THE MONEY!


2 posted on 09/01/2024 7:55:21 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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I guarantee you that if there was a just reason to go to war, enough men would be found.


3 posted on 09/01/2024 7:59:03 PM PDT by vpintheak (Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. )
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Just saw an ad for the Army. Haven’t seen That many white males in one shot like that since about 1965.


4 posted on 09/01/2024 8:00:24 PM PDT by TalBlack (Fight Fight Fight America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOJdMog6T0)
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There are plenty of the “warrior caste” that are no longer active. I pray to never again have to be, but depends on the war and where/how it manifests.


5 posted on 09/01/2024 8:01:42 PM PDT by Kudsman (30yr registered Conservative wants a complete Republican House & Senate. Protect the king.)
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Not a word about wokeness, gender-nonsense and DEI, DC elitist scorn for America’s traditional (white) military families and conservatives, or the decades-long string of neocon war failures and wasted American lives in places like Afghanistan and Iraq.

They are trying say there’s a problem, without discussing why there’s a problem.


6 posted on 09/01/2024 8:03:32 PM PDT by PGR88
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We’ve got plenty of armchair generals.

All we need are drones anyway.
That’s why we spent the last 40 years turning China into our manufacturing base.


7 posted on 09/01/2024 8:05:47 PM PDT by DannyTN
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I have further news for the “reporter,” the U.S. cannot fight a major war and replace losses fast enough to win.


8 posted on 09/01/2024 8:07:42 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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We’ve given half of our weapons to Ukraine to fight the Russians so that Biden can keep his illegal business dealing a secret.


9 posted on 09/01/2024 8:10:16 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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I just finished a 22 year career in the Army. The military won’t be touching my kids.


10 posted on 09/01/2024 8:12:09 PM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. )
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Military.com wrote an article about lack of white recruits a few months ago. The Army barely topped 25,000 white recruits in 2023:
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/01/10/army-sees-sharp-decline-white-recruits.html


11 posted on 09/01/2024 8:13:41 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: DannyTN
We’ve got plenty of armchair generals.

All we need are drones anyway.

Is the Pentagon a drone hive?

12 posted on 09/01/2024 8:16:49 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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13 posted on 09/01/2024 8:17:38 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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> I guarantee you that if there was a just reason to go to war, enough men would be found. <

True. But much of the trust is gone. The government has lied to us many times about many things. So I would not blame a young person for questioning the government’s announcement of a “just war.”

My rule of thumb is this: If Congress has not declared war, then it’s not a just war. It’s another foreign adventure.


14 posted on 09/01/2024 8:18:07 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Biden gave a billion dollars of weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan.


15 posted on 09/01/2024 8:20:49 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Yes, I backed over the vampire but I swear I didn't see it in my rear view mirror.)
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To: Openurmind

Send the ATF agents hunting down airport directors or the IRS agents going after service workers.


16 posted on 09/01/2024 8:21:51 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Yes, I backed over the vampire but I swear I didn't see it in my rear view mirror.)
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The core of the military had always been patriotic middle class white males.

The military now considers patriotic white males the enemy.

At a minimum whites will never get promoted.

Not a mystery.


17 posted on 09/01/2024 8:22:06 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: blueplum

Here comes the much talked about Draft.


18 posted on 09/01/2024 8:23:43 PM PDT by delta7
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Bad news for the MIC. But they’ll learn how to manufacture drones and droids.


19 posted on 09/01/2024 8:25:05 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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The core of the military had always been patriotic middle class white males.

Cannon fodder.

Obviously, that's not the case anymore.

20 posted on 09/01/2024 8:26:20 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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