If we continue to fight wars with the civilian populations opinion dictating combat strategy then we will lose every time. If the US military goes all out then no country on Earth can stand against it, but that won't happen the loons in this country are more concerned about anything else but winning.
That is the same arrogant bullshit that ended in the ruins of Berlin for the Germans, WW2 was America's finest hour, one war worth fighting, it's been downhill ever since, one brutal Imperialist adventure after another just to make big $$$$$$$$$$ for the industrial military complex, and America has not won any of those conflicts, yet you still continue with the insanity, it's been that way since Vietnam, if you think you could fight a conventional war against Russia in Ukraine you are deluded, for a start i doubt you would be allowed to get the forces into the area.
I agree
What you and your ilk can't get is that people of Ukraine aren't ready to turn their country into another Afghanistan. It is time to admit that the current strategy doesn't make sense and should be reshaped until it fails completely.
Yeah, but it is too bad they do not shower. They are so awful smelling it will turn your stomach!
Service in Heinlein's book wasn't just military. Everyone was guaranteed the right to serve. If someone with an IQ of sixty wanted to serve they would find a janitorial job or something similar for him or her. Service to the nation to achieve the franchise is a good thing, not a bad thing. One of the minor characters was a research scientist who the movie made into a sadist torturing bug prisoners.
You might want to sit down and actually read the book instead of responding to that totally inaccurate movie made by a writer/director who not only never read the book but was anti-military to boot.
What makes you think that?
Puerto Ricans are already US citizens!
No. If they are a naturalized citizen or have a green card they can enlist, but not if they are an illegal. Green card holders are ineligible for many military jobs because they have no security clearance.
He would have had to have an MOS that did not require a security clearance.
So, no sex for any woman who could be drafted? You really think that would fly?
Not for a second...So, no sex for any woman who could be drafted? You really think that would fly?
That means he probably did not need a security clearance. When I served in the Navy, Filipinos could join but had no ability to get a security clearance so ratings like cooks, storekeepers, and a few others were dominated by Filipinos because those ratings did not require clearances. I don't know if that policy has changed regarding them or not. I was in Navy recruiting while active duty and in Army recruiting as a civilian.
I can't imagine why. We have plenty of military who are there willingly.
none of us (clarification "us" is my family who have fought in every war since the 17th century.) will sign up in an army that trump might be cinc of next year. we are not going to fight in yemen, in ukraine, or on the streets of america for a loser like that.
