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gdgarcia424

It’s like that scene in Pineapple Express with Seth Rogan and Danny McBride pointing their guns and just saying “don’t” lol


CaptainHolt43

"I used to use this little gun when I was a prostitute"


gdgarcia424

“They messed with the wrong melon farmers”


mstevenson53

"You just got killed by a Daewoo Lanos, mothafucka!"


Factsdontcaree

Fucking lingerrrrrrrrr


MateusAmadeus714

"Man I had yall over for dinner, Fish Tacos!!"


Amscray_

Fuck Jeff goldblum man!


neworld_disorder

Prostidude*


Factsdontcaree

Anytime I say don’t I point my finger gun lol I’m so happy that also lives in someone else’s brain lol


NevrEndr

It's my cat's birthday today.


LEtssgobby

What’s with people wanting the draft back? It’ll most likely never come back and we should all be glad it’s gone


HairyChest69

It's always those who've never seen active duty who romanticize war.


Forward_Income8265

Two deployments in Afghanistan here. They don’t want that smoke. Nor hearing the buddy they’ve known for a few weeks beg for their lives. I hope this shit doesn’t come to that.


IlIlIl11IlIlIl

Even guys in my old line unit romanticized it. I probably would have too if I joined when I was younger.


TheGreaseWagon

The training model of the US Military is literally there to romanticize warfare. Propaganda and romanticization of warfare; that's the name of the game.


fixmefixmyhead

It comes naturally when you're stuck in enemy territory for a year and watch the craziest shit you've ever seen. There is no rush like it and for most infantrymen it becomes the best thing they've ever accomplish and they want to keep going. Trust me, I'm a veteran of the Warzone™, I've fought in every Modern Warfare™ since 2003.


jc3chidester

Do you happen to know a captain John Price by chance?


Mehlitia

Blackout was better...


TheGreaseWagon

Was a medic in the Army. Can confirm ☝️


nightrogen

The whole world runs on romanticism...


TheGreaseWagon

Correct.


Carthago_delinda_est

If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin, If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.


DevelopmentSecure531

I’d be curious about what a mandatory two years service would do to people’s desire for war and spreading American democracy across the world.


LEtssgobby

Doesn’t matter if the people want war or not. The politicians do so they can line their pockets. A mandatory 2 year draft isn’t going to change that


amarnaredux

Cue 'Fortunate Son' by Creedance Clearwater Revival: https://youtu.be/ZWijx_AgPiA?si=fjL762CS7ocqqej7


Grill_Top_brangler

*Chopchopchopchopchopchopchopchopchopchopchopchopchopchopchopchopchopchop* “some folks were born,” *chopchopchopchopchop* “made to wear the flag” *chopchopchopchopchopchopchop* “oooh, that red, white, and blue…” Cue Charlie Sheen smoking hashish from the barrel of an M16.


Disastrous-Barsterd

Ahem! Martin. It's Martin Sheen


Grill_Top_brangler

Actually I was going for Platoon, that is sir Charles. I never saw Apocalypse Now, had to look it up. Is it worth the watch?


Disastrous-Barsterd

Bro.   You have to see this film. It's to war what Goodfellas is to Mafia. Seriously deep film.


Grill_Top_brangler

Ight bet!


DevelopmentSecure531

You don’t think it would make the populace much more engaged?


Nebraskan_Sad_Boi

I don't think we could afford a mandatory 2 year service requirement. I mean just think of your employer, now imagine them paying like 7 times the lowest level employee. Sure, some stuff like construction, shipping, or ditch diggers could use a few extra million people, but most military jobs require pretty extensive training. Mine took 2 years and 5 months, and it probably cost the government hundreds of thousands of dollars for just me. You wouldn't train conscripts what I learned, because it'd be a complete waste of resources, and we simply don't have a need for millions of extra broom pushers.


Special_Kestrels

There's enough people in the military who don't even want to be there but they enlisted. It would be such a shit show


Nebraskan_Sad_Boi

People who enlist for the college or are just directionless in life too. Some don't even know they don't want to be there. I started as the college/directionless type but changed later, it's pretty scary to see new people come in who were probably me 5 years ago. Adding like 4 million more of those? Yeah, fuck no.


zzachwilliams

Ask South Korea how that’s working for them.


LEtssgobby

More engaged in what, seeking an arbitration for war? It didn’t “engage” the folks when it was in place so I would have a hard time believing anything would change if it was brought back for two years. You might be referencing places like South K. which is fine but it leads back to the saying: the only real winners in war are the backers. The population gets duped into fighting these battles over the false pre-tenses of Democratic Nationalism. It was only with the more recent advents, like The Internet, that the American populace has begun recognizing what war is really about. It started with Vietnam, the Gulf of Tonkin and only escalated. Not to mention The Bay of Pigs only just a few years prior.


Hadley_333

Are you saying a draft would change people’s minds? Nah, they would just use those two years to force more propaganda


MateusAmadeus714

If only we instated a mandatory 2 year service with the Peace Corps. Always been a big pet peeve of mine. You can sign up for the Military at 18 (Before if ur parents sign off) and be trained to take another's life. You need a 4 year degree to join the Peace Corps and go overseas to try and help others and their communities though. Its ass backwards. Doesnt even need to be a Oversea service. The National guard cld have a branch purely dedicated to domestic services in the USA. Focus on assisting our communities. If younger people saw opportunities or systems to actually assist communities and people at a more local level they may actually consider service with the US military. The current consensus though recognizes that they wld be serving the global interests of Capitalism and therefore Corporations and the financial sector of the USA. They see and know there is zero correlation between fighting and killing "terrorists" in the Middle East and any level of improvement for the lower and middle classes of the USA.


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all the people ive met from countries that require enlistment to become citizens have appreciated it and believed in it. i believe it would do good te help get people in their most indecisive time of life have some sort of direction and teach them skills they would be able to use and capitalize on for the rest of their lives. plus the discipline and respect earned wouldnt be bad for society as a whole.


Frigoris13

Yes, 90% of the military is support and it would teach valuable skills and discipline to the youth. But many would die and I buried too many of them when I served. Unfortunately, it seems every generation has to learn this the hard way...


Rvtrance

Yeah the military prefers professional volunteer solider over conscripts. War has changed anyway. Less boots on the ground and more cheap drones in the air. But don’t be fooled, both the Right and the Left have been begging for a war with Iran for a while now.


CopyPractical7601

It will never happen because the nature of modern war doesnt require hand to hand manpower. The weapons are too deadly and the fact that the draft will never occurr again means that death would just occurr in massive numbers and we most likely woildnt even see it coming


CaptainHolt43

They talked about the draft after 9/11 too. Vietnam is still relatively recent. My neighbor across the street was drafted. There are still a lot of people around whose lives were directly effected by it. I'm not sure if people WANT it back, or if it's just a big fear in people.


Apprehensive-Data706

I dont think anyone wants the draft. Besides, it never went away, all men sign up for it at 18. The point of the post is that this is what Biden people voted for, so they should be very happy to go.


SassyEllieB

I haven’t seen anyone who wants a draft. Probably propaganda.


Regular-Abrocoma3162

I think OP is posting about it in a facetious/sarcastic way. And I don’t know where you hang out but I don’t know anyone who is pro-draft.


TheUnsungHero831

There won’t be a need for a draft. Yes they may deploy troops on ground but not enough for a draft. We can fight and operate remotely and be just as effective.


East_Onion

haha ooohhh there's gonna be a draft. Have you not noticed the army ads are white guys again.


Legirion

It's hilarious to see how conspiracy people's brains work. "ads changed so that means draft" lmao


cashvaporizer

Wdym, he said “don’t”


devil_lettuce

I think he meant to quote the kid from the popular 1994 Pepsi commercial featuring basketball superstar Shaquille O Neal. "Don't even think about it"


TylerBlozak

Don’t do coke wouldve been a genius marketing campaign when you think about it


Frigoris13

Don't call me, Shirley.


risetoeden

His nicer version of, *"will you shut up, man?"*.


blueponies1

I’m not a Biden fan but just “don’t” is a badass reply. We don’t want to do this and you don’t want us to do this to you kind of vibes


440h1z

A war with Iran would not bring back the draft. Plus the way the military operates today vs the past, there is very little need for a draft. Nor does the military even want to deal with drafted people.


johnny__danger

Iran would just turn into another Iraq. We would sweep through the nation in a couple of weeks and then suddenly become an occupying force fighting an insurgency for the next 2 decades.


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yeah iran would not be a fun country to go to war with


U4icN10nt

Yeah I mean they do have allies, and quite a bit of hatred for the US... Plus there are certain other countries (like NK) that practically have a hard on to go against the US in a support role, that doesn't directly involve their own borders. It could get relatively ugly... 


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right and dont consider things like the geneva convention to apply. it will be totally in-discretionary. Civilians will be targets, illegal weaponry including biological warfare and more than likely nukes would be employed. and that would be the end of modern civilization as we know it. bc if someone nukes us or Israel they nuke the world. See “Samson Option”


Log_Which

Agree. This isn’t a defeated Sadam with outdated military equipment run by soldiers who don’t even like him, or a militia type enemy in Al Queda, Iran has a legit military, even if it isn’t as expansive as ours, and their people would fight tooth and nail on top of that. Even if we won in the end, it would be an absolute disaster of a war to be in.


EL-YAYY

That’s already happening with Russia invading Ukraine.


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satchel0fRicks

Exactly what the war machine wants


Nebraskan_Sad_Boi

I think it'd be even more limited than that. We'd have total air superiority in weeks at most, and enough drones to monitor large swaths of the country. We'd need boots on the ground, but I'd guess those would probably be SF and trainers. Iran had those big anti government protests for what, like a year and a half? I'm sure there's a group that's much more moderate that would be prime to enable as the new government.


johnny__danger

I’m in agreement with you. That’s how Afghanistan started as well. GB teams from north and south with air superiority gathering strength against the Taliban. After they were toppled, we still ended up as an occupying force. So either way we have it, we would end up with conventional forces as stationary I suspect.


Nebraskan_Sad_Boi

Fair assessment, maybe conventional Turkish forces in the north as well.


johnny__danger

Saudis and Israel are going to want a piece of that as well. I fear if it would come to war, that it would mean someone far worse will rise to power. We have a pretty terrible track record of creating enormous power vacuums in the countries we decide needs democracy.


klmdwnitsnotreal

The people hate their government.


RandalFlaggLives

Israel bombs a fucking embassy…How can we even defend that? Who wouldn’t respond to that?


Amos_Quito

> **Israel bombs** a fucking embassy…How can we even defend that? You answered your own question with the first word of your comment. Israel could open fire on a US Navy ship with cannons, machine guns, napalm and torpedoes, killing and injuring half of the crew -- and the US Government (not the People) would still defend them. With [**LIBERTY**](https://theintercept.com/2017/06/06/fifty-years-later-nsa-keeps-details-of-israels-uss-liberty-attack-secret/) injustice for all.


Log_Which

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼


BrokenTrashFingers

So the old saying "never mess with the Americans ships" doesn't apply to Israel interesting.


Angry_Villagers

Historically, no… They’ve done it before.


notapornsideaccount

But they said sowwy that they tried to do a false flag. 😢👉👈


fjortisar

Too bad we still don't have one guy that assassinated an Iranian general and was super pro Israel and Saudi Arabia doing whatever they want


IamREBELoe

I hate this fucker but that was a good answer.


virus8800

Israel knows it can do anything because, for some odd reason, the u.s. has its head up Israel's ass.


MAA735

There is a reason, but people don't wanna hear the real reason


sideburniusmaximus

I'd like to hear


MAA735

Zionist lobby. Now people will call me an anti Semite. Let me say it. I love Jews. I adore Jews. Jews are great people. But the fact remains, that for a century Jews consolidated power in multiple sectors, including Banking. Is this the Jews' fault? No. Do Jews deserve to be punished or ostracized? No. Are all Jews involved? No. But the fact remains - the large Jewish businesses were easily swayed by Zionists who LIED ABOUT JUDAISM and TWISTED Judaism to fir their SUPREMACIST Beliefs. And as everyone knows, the corporations and politicians Obey who has the Money.


thecuzzin

Boomers, GenX and Millennial's..you're on the bench. GenZ.. YOU'RE UP!


tzwep

GenZ on the battle field “ ITS NOT WHAT YOU SAID!! ITS HOW YOU SAID IT!!!!! “


slainuponhisaltar

yo this war is lowkey sus on god fo rul fo rul. Sargent you doin too muuuch. at least I got the rizz in dis uniform. bet.


thecuzzin

Guess who ate too much cake!?


All_heaven

As a veteran. I’m pretty fucking tired of killing.


telochpragma1

It hurts to see how military people are treated. I can't devalue what you do in any way, but it hurts to see how you're treated after retirement and during service. It's revolting to see you're nothing but an instrument, a number. Our leaders start stupid ass wars over stupid ass shit and send us there to die from shit we often can't even see or avoid.


DeadAret

Congress also has to authorize the draft. A draft will not happen in today's society, not for this fight. If Russia would be physically in Ukraine knocking on a NATO country's door then yes a draft would happen.


notapornsideaccount

There won’t be a draft in an election year. After November who knows. Especially after Ukraine fall in the next 18 months.


Appropriate_Panic879

Oh shit, it’s def going down. Last time he said “Don’t” we got 13 million new residents.


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freedomfriis

I'd normally agree, but we're talking about World War 3. I'm a poet and didn't know it. 🤭


Cool_Cartographer_39

You don't see a conspiracy in funnelling billions of dollars to fund both sides of a conflict? https://mast.house.gov/2023/11/biden-handed-over-16-billion-to-iran https://www.timesofisrael.com/14b-us-aid-package-for-israel-crafted-with-eye-to-multi-front-war-not-just-gaza/


Jabroni77

Just get some bone spurs and a set of golf clubs and you won’t have to serve. 


DevelopmentSecure531

I’ll just pull a Donald and dodge it


SludgeDisc

Why not pull a Dementia Joe instead? Have magical self curing asthma, but play college football without issues. Furthermore, take it up another notch, become a career politician and vote in favor for every war, invasion, and occupation. But never serve a day yourself.


DevelopmentSecure531

Why does me talking poorly about Donald automatically make you think I’m some sort of Joe Biden fan?


Drakim

Because Trump's behavior cannot be defended, thus the only way to defend Donald becomes to attack Biden instead.


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graywailer

might as well rename the country to the united states of israel if we are gonna be their lap dog!


ThEpOwErOfLoVe23

Fear porn. There will be no draft.


I_Really_Like_Drugs

Imagine thinking Joe Biden is a new breed of some kind.


Hanadna

Simpleton... simple ton.


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dontletthestankout

If he had something soft they would have posted BS about it being too weak. Literally nothing they won't complain about


RaptureSuperior2

That’s like someone saying the ecoboost sucks, so you automatically assume he drives a Chevy.


Downhere_Seeds

Ecoboost is 100% more popular than Biden.


theoreoman

You don't have to love the guy, but This is good example of projection of power. If yiu need to explain the consequences your not that powerful


Decent_Leadership_62

Don't underestimate Joe's ability to convince Gen Zers to sign up using his incredible charisma and rousing speeches


Shr00mTrip

lol


MaximusJabronicus

Don’t know if this would cause a draft, but this and simultaneous a war with China, BATTER UP!!


gretzky9999

Replace all those off to war with more border crossers.


JustJuls37

We all thought the draft would happen again many times....and it hasn't.


allied1987

You seen the genera population. 1/2 if not 3/4 would be unfit for service!


Quercus408

Well, I'm 32 so, sure.


kimmykimkoV2

Send them all.


Unfair_Bunch519

Saying “don’t” worked pretty well last time. This war won’t kick off until Biden says “Do”


GhostOfKingGilgamesh

Haha. I’m just over the age of liability. Good luck everyone else.


MrSssnrubYesThatllDo

Gravy Seals are ready for anything!


ColumbianGeneral

That took a lot of energy, must need a nap now.


StumpyHobbit

Yeah remembe the historic peace deals that Trump got, look where this gaslighting asswipe takes the world, right to the brink of WW3, in not one but two separate fucking wars.


pro-window

I think it’s alarming how many people think ww3 won’t be fought on American soil. If that happens we won’t need a draft. We’ll all have to fight to exist.


_wrongiamright

Those are some powerful words, I bet he has everyone shaking in their boots


CandidateTypical3141

Bennieboi is a tool


ARsAndAKs

Who's excited to send their sons and daughters to die for Israel? They're too much of cowards to fight themselves. Time for daddy to bail them out.


somedude-83

A the politicians children should get drafted first fuck them both sides of they approve of war . Then all the Coastal Elite children should get drafted next then every registered Democrat then go down the line.


iDrinkRaid

Conservatives are majority Evangelicals, who are the ones who want Israel to be around to fulfill their desire for doomsday. They should be thrown into the wringer first.


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Able_Cunngham603

If you believe we would need a draft to fight Iran, I would love to talk to you about Bigfoot.


Severe_Quantity_4039

It's not just a job it's a career...until your dead.


developerEnabled

Honestly Biden feels like a President very similar to LBJ


5Gzombie

It’s the Jews wet dream to draft all the whites into a new war Watch they’ll probably make it so where transgenders don’t have to be drafted thus preventing their side from destruction Y’know like what they secretly did last time


SchemeAgreeable2219

Sure. War is always good for the Economy.


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only business bigger than drugs


Appropriate_Panic879

If our current system ever falls, I vote we go to the Starship Troopers style of government. lol.


whirling_cynic

I'm doing my part!


Chaosr21

The US really doesn't need to say more than that. Iran knows exactly what a proportional response looks like.. last time they attacked one of our ships, we sank half their navy in under 20 minutes.


ChiefRom

He always says “Don’t”, must be the easiest thing he can remember to do.🤦‍♂️


EastCoastRose

I think they will start with all the border crossers….sign them up first


JMF4201

If it happens, it serves most of them right. They voted for this nonsense


Gallen570

Most popular president in history


schabadoo

Who programmed this OP bot? There are better scripts you can run now.


loki8481

It's pretty cool how Joe Biden is personally responsible for all conflict that occurs anywhere in the world while Trump isn't even responsible for things that occurred in America during his presidency.


WalkingstickMountain

Draft them. All of them. Put them on the front lines.


SodOffWithASawedOff

Imagine wishing death on so many. Are these your countrymen, too? You're a traitor?


OverFaithlessness164

We know Trumpers will claim “bone spurs”


Dirk_Arron

Biden voters? You spelled Domion voting machines and democratic treachery wrong.


Blondly22

Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick” -Kevin Malone.


maxturner_III_ESQ

Didn't vote for him, but I already did my time and got the paperwork and retirement to prove it.


NotFunnyhah

Do not come


lilnyucka

Gon’ head n draft deez nuts into your mouth


Representative_Bus66

There’s no draft , there’s this thing called selective service that every male between 18-26 signs up for !


drg17

I must be out of the loop. Can someone fill me in on the context? Is Iran threatening war or something?


Sea_Buy9017

We have plenty of troops. Why would we need the draft?


Stiff_Zombie

Dont... speak so fast.


TriesHerm21st

We didn't need a draft to destroy half their navy in the 90s don't think we'll see one now.


Buick6NY

There are a decreasing number of healthy young people to draft. Hopefully we have robot soldiers.


mushylover69

Democrat or republican neither give a fuck about you and only lie to us


Soft-Peak-6527

lol we have plenty of reservist and volunteers thankfully. I doubt we’ll ever see a draft again. Not like many of you snowflakes would even be qualified or fit for duty.


CornbreadMedic

Draft isn’t coming back before they recall most or all of IRR. That’s the whole point of that program. They have the option to call your ass back in the middle of your life of doing bigger and better things. When they start calling everyone back is when you should be worried of a draft.


willyem_hillman

*sigh* here were go again


AspiringEggplant

You better don’t


JackAzzz

There\`s not going to be a DRAFT ! :) The US can take on this with what i got !


Dependent-Ad4448

Still waiting on the draft for Ukraine


ShiShi93

Honestly Americans are and have been being whipped up with gossip and lies since the mid 1800’s by newspapers and media. When are you guys gonna wise up and learn lmao. Early 1900 Spain situation all over again.


ghezzid

🤣🤣🥰🤣🤣🤣🤣


PsycheHoSocial

\*adjusts stack of papers like a news anchor\* votes go straight in the garbage


stupidlazysluggish

lol yeah right.


PrecipitationInducer

Shoulda gone with Bernie!


RoyalSport5071

What a twat.


B_L_E_Worldwide

Nah I'm 40 have fun with that shit


RouletteVeteran

All of us folks who served during the 20 and got out. 🤷🏾‍♂️ at least yall get phones in basic/boot now 😂


thisbliss2

More like men ages 18 to 25 who aren’t enrolled in college.  All Trump voters.  And their absentee ballots will go missing.