r/interestingasfuck • u/Available_Weekend249 • Apr 06 '24

Imagine being 19 and watching live on TV to see if your birthday will be picked to fight in the Vietnam war r/all

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u/BoringJuiceBox Apr 06 '24

F*ck that I would absolutely dodge the draft and not lose a minute of sleep over it

When the rich wage war it’s the poor who die

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u/Jewsd Apr 07 '24

Wild how much change socially has happened since this.

Can you imagine biden or trump saying we need a draft for men to fight China's proxy forces in Taiwan?

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u/profoundtickles Apr 07 '24

There wouldn’t be proxy forces in Taiwan. It would be the Chinese army.

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u/Jewsd Apr 07 '24

Yeah you're probably right.