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As a millennial, we've been afraid of this scenario so long I think we can finally let it go.
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this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2026
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No one thinks there would be a draft. But 40 isn't a cut off, nor would weight excuse you. The U.S. military has enough members to fight in 10 Vietnams at once.
(Also war has changed, so maybe 100 Vietnams at once)
And loose 10 Vietnams at once.
If you think the U.S. lost Vietnam, you are mistaken. The U.S. never tried to occupy Vietnam nor would, it's racism would never want it. Vietnam was a political tool with 16:1 death tolls. And the 16 wasn't the U.S.
The outcome of war isn't determined by leaderboards. Are you that shallow a thinker? The US wasn't trying to maintain a client state? They went in there to do what exactly? For fun? For shitties and giggies?
Turn off of Call of Battledudy™ brainrot and get a an education, jesus christ...
Its pretty damning of the state of things to see someone shilling this in 2025 and on here of all places.
Lol
The US just kidnapped a sitting leader and made an absolute joke of Russian AA again.
Folks to this day still can't separate the military and nation building.
I don't think a compromised pre-negotiated operation where one side bribed the other to pull it's punches is an accurate way to assess military capability.
Sorry military fetishists but "Operation Forgetepstienfiles" wasn't impressive on any level.
Well actually it might be impressive that the US military managed to fly a formation of helicopters more than a hundred miles without crashing half of them. Bravo...
How many were killed in Iraq? And how many losses? Afghanistan? Iran?
We should all just plead for having bone spurs.
Im not talking about weight but okay its w/e
Guy in the picture is obese though
Observant. Yes.
Oh no a person on the internet call me a coward. Like a coward would.
You posted an image of an obese person talking about being draft worthy. Are you lying now or when you posted it?
Lying? Its a meme. Weight gain is a symptomatic condition. You know what. Memes might be a bit much for you. I lied.
The average age of a Ukrainian soldier in 2023 was 45, and probably hasn't improved. And I also expect there are plenty of men in their 50s and 60s in various roles.
Seen interviews from the other side from lonely old men who haven't been drafted but wanted to sell their lives to provide monetary help for their younger relatives, pay for school neccessities for their grandchildren etc, since they've already had the best of their time on the earth and are open to give something back. Without going an inch deeper into what they are signing up to do, that's one kind of motivation that can put amateur elders into trenches in the context of a foreign country war. Had none relatives doing that, thankfully, but seen the same pattern with my gramps in their last years, and can imagine a future orphan-crushing-machine headline of some Jonh H. Lawnmover going into another war because their daughter can't pay a hospital bill after a short stay if I assume the same mentality exists in the US in spite of borders.
Yeah, 45 was the cut off for the U.S. as well during the world wars I believe
Can't draft me if you had to gun me down in the living room. Fuck this shit hole joke of a country.
They will just shoot your family if you don't get to the front.
but first your friendly dog