Boots on the ground or TACO as usual?

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    This is why there’s been relaxing of admissions requirement for the army

    They’re hoping to get enough warm bodies to throw into the mix to try and make Iran pull back or negotiate

    Not gonna work and if they straight up implement a draft, they’re going to see hell on their approval numbers

    Now… if they were to try and implement a false flag attack on a civilian center and blame Iran, I think that would probably bolster enlistment rates, but not at any level that would make a discernible difference

    • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      holden-bloodfeast “Iran thinks they’re so smart with their nearly limitless $9,000 drones! Just wait 'til we hit them with our supply of uncs whose wills are too broken to effectively resist our conscription teams! With enough waves, Iran’s humanity and sense of decency will force them to meet our demands”

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      Until there’s a new draft and a renewal of mass "stop loss"ing of those already enlisted, it won’t matter.

      Voluntary enlistments aren’t going to be enough warm bodies, no matter what the standards are changed to.

    • Self_Sealing_Stem_Bolt [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      if they were to try and implement a false flag attack on a civilian center and blame Iran, I think that would probably bolster enlistment rates, but not at any level that would make a discernible difference

      9/11 didnt even cause that many people to enlist. Like 40k over a decade or more. Not really impressive in a country of 350 million. And that was at the height of amerikan exceptionalism and jingoism. Nobody cares anymore.