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Marinejuana wrote:

Commie Killer wrote:

Marinejuana wrote:

but if they did that then they would have so much more difficulty finding approval for the next big deployment. and that would mean less big military spending. why sell a single bullet to win a war when you could sell million-dollar jets? this is nothing new, its now declassified that US troops were not allowed to attack key north vietnamese military targets during that decade. 80% or more of the bombs dropped in vietnam were dropped in south vietnam on the land we were "protecting." it is against our policy to establish and complete war-ending objectives in war because the war is the objective. many of our largest businesses would crash without war. Thats why we have either participated in a conflict or supplied arms for conflicts continuously for the last century. interestingly and sadly, our economy as a whole can still crash under the mountain of debt we have borrowed from china and international bankers in order to keep paying for our military industry.

Do you really think people back home, the average Joe, would have supported a invasion of North Vietnam in 1970? Do you really think the USSR would have just sat around and watched? Do you think China would have done nothing(look at the Korean War for yours answers to this one).

Jesus I just re-read your entire post, the clicked on the links in your sig and I realized that I just wasted my time typing these things. You clearly are not going to change your mind.

we were literally attacking the people we claimed to protect. four million vietnamese were (quite secretly, considering the lack of war declaration) killed largely in south vietnam due to bombing. and you are saying that it was ok for us to wantonly kill this many friendlies because openly admitting that this slaughter was an invasion (which it certainly was) would not have been politically expediant and would have warranted consequences? of course a ridiculous argument such as yours does nothing to 'change my mind.' u essentially say that we had to wage that criminal war as a more subversive excuse for the criminal war we would have preferred. so not only did we fail to fulfill a useful objective but we spent more than 10 years involved in not fulfilling any such objective. quite profitable though.

are u criticizing the reuters feed i linked? or the link in my sig? most of those vids are simply interviews of various individuals, many quite well known. there are also some excellent documentaries there.

its time to reevaluate your 1970's conceptions of history and the political process.

Marlboroman82 wrote:

HAHA none of you will have much of choice, they put you where they need you. Anyways if I had my choice I would like to hold gunslingers jock in combat. If that doesn't work I will settle for being usmarines cabana boy.

Jimbo2687 wrote:

Ganko_06 wrote:

No worries here. ROTC.  They can't touch me.

If your 18 or over, You're going.

Ty wrote:

I'd join the NZ Army. Not incredibly well equipped but well equipped enough and well trained. I'd attempt to prove myself enough to be selected to the NZSAS which is widely regarded as one of the most effective Special Operations groups in the world.

.Genera|-Idea. wrote:

I would go to War College to become a tactition.

mcminty wrote:

^*AlphA*^ wrote:

Royal Dutch Airforce for sure.

can't become a pilot because I'm dyslectic tho

Are you serious? Woah...

As for me, I wouldn't hesitate joining the RAAF as an Engineer or Pilot... but that would require the AFD to relax their standards regarding red/green colour blindness (the fuck I'd become an Admino or something like that ).