Trump is going to get America involved in another Viet Nam like War!

[TruthSeeker112125]

More propaganda as Iran collapses. Fake videos fake reports Iran is getting a humiliating defeat

Hafar, what "Reputable" News Sites do You recommend?

 

[TruthSeeker112125]

You should have added how every time they launch, the trajectory and site are targeted immediately and destroyed.

Hence Trump's statement:

“They’re running out and they’re running out of areas to shoot them, because they’re being decimated,” Trump said. “They’re running out of launchers.”

Hey Dell, did You miss the fact, that I didn't write the article,, nor did I comment on it?

 

[Delldude]

Hey Dell, did You miss the fact, that I didn't write the article,, nor did I comment on it?

Hard to tell when/if it's you or the article.

 

[TruthSeeker112125]

Hard to tell when/if it's you or the article.

Read the Title, then the Author.

 

[Delldude]

Read the Title, then the Author.

Did.....get lost whether it's the article or you.

Sorry

 

[TruthSeeker112125]

You should have added how every time they launch, the trajectory and site are targeted immediately and destroyed.

Hence Trump's statement:

“They’re running out and they’re running out of areas to shoot them, because they’re being decimated,” Trump said. “They’re running out of launchers.”

Well thank You Dell, I post an Article on Zerohedge, & You act as if I wrote it.



Well Sadly Dell, that is not True...... Israel, & many of the Sunni Muslim Nations are still reporting that Iranian missiles, are still striking targets in their lands.

 

[Hafar1014]

Well thank You Dell, I post an Article on Zerohedge, & You act as if I wrote it.



Well Sadly Dell, that is not True...... Israel, & many of the Sunni Muslim Nations are still reporting that Iranian missiles, are still striking targets in their lands.

At a much lower rate as launchers are being destroyed and inventories drop

 

[TruthSeeker112125]

Even if team Trump wanted it, a military draft would be a fiasco​

The option of conscripting Americans for military service in Iran may be 'on the table' but it won't work. Here's why.​

Edward Hasbrouck
Mar 10, 2026



On Sunday, Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt about the possibility that a ground war in Iran might lead to activation of a U.S. military draft.

“Mothers out there are worried that we’re going to have a draft, that they’re going to see their sons and daughters get involved in this,” Bartiromo asked. “What do you want to say about the President’s plans for troops on the ground?”

Leavitt didn’t mention the draft specifically in her response, but said repeatedly that no option had been ruled out. Presumably those “options” included the draft, which was the focus of the question.

“President Trump wisely does not remove options off of the table,” Leavitt said. “It’s not part of the current plan right now, but the president, again, wisely keeps his options on the table.”

Leavitt’s comments highlight the ways that, even when a draft is neither likely nor feasible, military planners and politicians insist on keeping it in their playbook of “options” for military escalation and threats.

 

[struth]

Even if team Trump wanted it, a military draft would be a fiasco​

The option of conscripting Americans for military service in Iran may be 'on the table' but it won't work. Here's why.​

Military Industrial Complex

1. military industrial complex
2. iran-war

Edward Hasbrouck
Mar 10, 2026



On Sunday, Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt about the possibility that a ground war in Iran might lead to activation of a U.S. military draft.

“Mothers out there are worried that we’re going to have a draft, that they’re going to see their sons and daughters get involved in this,” Bartiromo asked. “What do you want to say about the President’s plans for troops on the ground?”

Leavitt didn’t mention the draft specifically in her response, but said repeatedly that no option had been ruled out. Presumably those “options” included the draft, which was the focus of the question.

“President Trump wisely does not remove options off of the table,” Leavitt said. “It’s not part of the current plan right now, but the president, again, wisely keeps his options on the table.”

Leavitt’s comments highlight the ways that, even when a draft is neither likely nor feasible, military planners and politicians insist on keeping it in their playbook of “options” for military escalation and threats.

The Selective Service System (SSS) is mandated by Federal law to maintain readiness to activate either of two types of draft whenever ordered to do so by Congress and the President. In theory, the SSS has plans for either a general “cannon fodder” draft of young men, or a Health Care Personnel Delivery System (HCPDS) for men and women up to age 44 in certain medical professions.

In reality, attempting to activate either type of draft would be a fiasco. The list of registrants for a general draft is grossly incomplete and inaccurate. Draft boards that would have to make life-and-death decisions about who to send to war have received only cursory training. Many draft boards lack a quorum and would be unable to function, letting anyone who applied for a deferment or exemption off the hook if no draft board was available to adjudicate their claim.

Meanwhile, proposed regulations for the HCPDS were published in 1989 and revised in 2009 but never finalized.

To prosecute a draft resister, the government must prove to a jury, beyond a reasonable doubt, that any violation of the Military Selective Service Act is “knowing and willful.” If a draftee knows not to sign for any certified letters or make incriminating public statements, they can ignore induction orders with impunity unless and until they are individually served by a U.S. Marshal or FBI agent.

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This year the SSS is preparing for the largest change in its operation since 1980. In response to plunging compliance with the requirement for men ages 18-25 to register and report all changes of address to the SSS, Congress has directed the SSS to try to register potential draftees “automatically” by using data obtained from other Federal agencies.

This change in the law was enacted without hearing, debate, or any budget review, and takes effect in December 2026. It will require new regulations and notices and one of the largest and most complex data aggregation and matching programs in Federal history. SSS data sharing is drawing criticism even before the launch of “automatic” draft registration.

But none of the necessary rules or notices for “automatic” draft registration have been published yet, and no money for this project is included in this year’s SSS budget. Much of the information that would be needed to identify and locate all potential draftees isn’t in any current Federal database.

Therefore, “automatic” registration will produce a list that’s just as inaccurate and incomplete as the current “self-registration” system. The list it does produce will be vulnerable to weaponization and misuse. Enforcing a draft will prove just as impractical as enforcing registration has been.

The lengths to which Congress is willing to go to try to salvage a failed Selective Service System are indicative of the importance war planners place on claiming to be “ready” for a draft – even if an actual draft is and will remain a political and practical non-starter.

Under both Democratic and Republican administrations, military planners from the Pentagon, the SSS, and hawkish think tanks have argued that ongoing preparation for a draft is needed as a “fallback” for scenarios such as an invasion of the mainland U.S. by China or a land war in Central Asia that would immediately require an additional 100,000 “bodies” to bolster U.S. active-duty forces.

What’s really at stake in this debate over the “need” to be prepared for a draft is whether it should be possible — and whether it’s desirable — for war planners to contemplate wars like these without having to think about whether enough Americans will volunteer to fight them.

Perceived or pretended availability of a draft as a “fallback” enhances the ability of U.S. war planners and policy makers to threaten or commit the country to larger, longer, less popular wars and more rapid military escalation. Having a draft available also encourages the president and commander-in-chief to be quicker and less thoughtful in resorting to military means to resolve diplomatic disputes.

In situations like these, a fallback draft serves as part of the arsenal of military escalation and threats.

President Trump’s insistence on keeping a draft “on the table” as an option is dangerous but, sadly, nothing new. Its dangerousness is indicative of why it’s so important to do precisely what he doesn’t want: take the draft off the table as an option by abolishing the Selective Service System.


Edward Hasbrouck
Edward Hasbrouck is the editor and publisher of Resisters.info, the most comprehensive independent source of information about the draft and draft registration in the U.S. since 1980. He is a member of the War Resisters League and the Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild.
The views expressed by authors on Responsible Statecraft do not necessarily reflect those of the Quincy Institute or its associates.

Even if team Trump wanted it, a military draft would be a fiasco

The option of conscripting Americans for military service in Iran may be 'on the table' but it won't work. Here's why.

responsiblestatecraft.org

haha there will be no draft.

 

[Delldude]

Well thank You Dell, I post an Article on Zerohedge, & You act as if I wrote it.

Six whole days to formulate a response?
Hard to tell where you cut and pasted or were interjecting your own words.
Try to do better next time.

 

[TruthSeeker112125]

Six whole days to formulate a response?
Hard to tell where you cut and pasted or were interjecting your own words.
Try to do better next time.

I'm not a Key Board Warrior such as your fine self Dell. I do have a "Real Life" that requires my Attention.

And, if My Posts bother You so much, then don't read them. That's a "Simple Fix".

 

[Delldude]

I'm not a Key Board Warrior such as your fine self Dell. I do have a "Real Life" that requires my Attention.

And, if My Posts bother You so much, then don't read them. That's a "Simple Fix".

Maybe you could try to make your point in a better fashion.

 

[TruthSeeker112125]

Maybe you could try to make your point in a better fashion.

No Maybes,...... I am what I am.

I don't seek to Please people so that we can become "BFFS", nor am I a "Camp Follower", nor a "Crowd Pleaser".

And, I'm not a Gullible Sheeple, that automatically accepts what any "Leader" states.

And, because I have No Fear of "Calling out Bullshit", over many years, I've developed the Unique Ability of Equally Pissing off Conservatives, Liberals, Independents, "Jews', Catholics, "Christians", Muslims, Hindu, & more.

As far as "making my point better",.... I've been doing this for 28 years on the Internet, & managed to have long term conversations with those who have become aware of their surroundings, that have begun to seek "Like Minded Patriotic People", that are deepley concerned about this path that America has been on.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

At this point, our military has never had as many combat-experienced veterans of war.

This is the most hardened military we've ever had.

Funny thing is, we don't even need to go into the country.

What war have we fought in recent times thst compares to WWII or Vietnam?

 

[Darkwind]

What war have we fought in recent times thst compares to WWII or Vietnam?

Wow, missed the entire war on terror, did you?

Our troops have been in active combat operations in the Middle East since late 2001.

Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria. All of them have seen and experienced war.

If you want to name a military in the whole world that has more combat experience and training than ours, knock yourself out.

 

[Delldude]

No Maybes,...... I am what I am.

I don't seek to Please people so that we can become "BFFS", nor am I a "Camp Follower", nor a "Crowd Pleaser".

And, I'm not a Gullible Sheeple, that automatically accepts what any "Leader" states.

And, because I have No Fear of "Calling out Bullshit", over many years, I've developed the Unique Ability of Equally Pissing off Conservatives, Liberals, Independents, "Jews', Catholics, "Christians", Muslims, Hindu, & more.

As far as "making my point better",.... I've been doing this for 28 years on the Internet, & managed to have long term conversations with those who have become aware of their surroundings, that have begun to seek "Like Minded Patriotic People", that are deepley concerned about this path that America has been on.

You need two things, more experience and background music.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Wow, missed the entire war on terror, did you?

Our troops have been in active combat operations in the Middle East since late 2001.

Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria. All of them have seen and experienced war.

If you want to name a military in the whole world that has more combat experience and training than ours, knock yourself out.

None of those conflicts compare to WWII or Vietnam.

 

[Darkwind]

None of those conflicts compare to WWII or Vietnam.

Why are you stuck on its only valid if it was Vietnam or WWII?

Combat and military action are far superior to what they were back then, but the 20 years of experience do not diminish because it is not called a World War.

 

[TruthSeeker112125]

What war have we fought in recent times thst compares to WWII or Vietnam?

Compares to those "Wars" in what way Super?

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Why are you stuck on its only valid if it was Vietnam or WWII?

Combat and military action are far superior to what they were back then, but the 20 years of experience do not diminish because it is not called a World War.

Your statement: At this point, our military has never had as many combat-experienced veterans of war.

Today's military as a WHOLE does not have the number of members with combat experienced as compared to military members after WWII or Vietnam.