darnisha1@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoVeteran's Daysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageVeteran's Daysh.itjust.worksdarnisha1@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareJohanno@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoI mean you have a very filtered view on American wars. Almost none of them were in order to save America and didn’t result in a better situation for the country.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-25 days agoAnd most of the WW2 vets are dead so this old geezer was in Korea or Vietnam. If he was enlisted, fair enough, probably got drafted as a slave soldier for capitalism, but officers are almost always volunteers.
I mean you have a very filtered view on American wars. Almost none of them were in order to save America and didn’t result in a better situation for the country.
And most of the WW2 vets are dead so this old geezer was in Korea or Vietnam.
If he was enlisted, fair enough, probably got drafted as a slave soldier for capitalism, but officers are almost always volunteers.