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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

My two sons will be of military age soon I would not support active involvement in any war that would risk their lives for Europe, Middle Eastern or other far flung countries when there is no real threat to mainland US.

What the fuck....

Like, I get it. I'm from a red state, my public education is not the best.

But where did you grow up that they didn't even cover WW2 in school?

We ignore countries invading other countries, and we lose our allies while countries like Russia grow stronger.

They'll never stop. Even if Russia "restored the USSR" they're not going to just sit back and relax once that happens.

"Sparing" your two sons from a war that's not going to even have a draft is dooming your grandchildren to living thru ww3 where there will be a draft again and even civilian survivors will (if incredibly lucky and wealthy)live through nuclear Armageddon.

Proxy wars are the only way we've avoided more nuclear bombs, and if one side stops fighting the other is just going to speed up.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

But where did you grow up that they didn't even cover WW2 in school?

Buddy, the US was supplying the Nazis (well bothd sides) as a "neutral country" up until Pearl Arbor. A whole two years after the start of the war.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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So you think we should do the same now?

The other person is arguing for inaction, I'm saying it'll get worse if we ignore it like in ww2 and try to stay neutral...

And you tell me we tried to stay neutral in ww2 like it's some kind of "got ya"?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Sweet jesus, talk about reading a headline and not the whole srticle. Go back and see what they were supplying and in what quantities to each side.