There was never a draft for the Iraq war. It was all volunteers.
Edit - not saying I agree with anything about the war, but just clarifying that fact - people that joined the military did so voluntarily. No one was coerced or forced to go against their will.
Yeah but, most of them were lied to. What they thought what they were going in for, was to avenge the US for the 9/11 attacks. Only to find themselves fighting against a middle-eastern leader that wasn’t Osama, instead Saddam and mostly oil. They were fighting Gulf War 2.0 than the War on Terror.
And might I add - it took us 10 FULL years since the 9/11 attacks, during Obama’s presidency, to finally catch and kill Osama. All we had to do, was go to Pakistan. Bush never achieved this feat in all 8 years of his presidency and I hope he never took credit for it because he doesn’t deserve it. So many lives lost over a stupid “Mission Accomplished” campaign. Fuck Bush.
So many lives lost over a stupid “Mission Accomplished” campaign. Fuck Bus
And let’s not forget, the US’ guy in Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, was a Zelensky-esque darling of the DC Establishment too. He even gave speeches in Congress and was specially honored during the State of the Union. We learned later on that he was corrupt as hell and making a lot of money off of being the US’ puppet. I will not be surprised when a few years have passed and we learn similar things about Zelensky.
There was never a draft for the Iraq war. It was all volunteers.
Edit - not saying I agree with anything about the war, but just clarifying that fact - people that joined the military did so voluntarily. No one was coerced or forced to go against their will.
Yeah but, most of them were lied to. What they thought what they were going in for, was to avenge the US for the 9/11 attacks. Only to find themselves fighting against a middle-eastern leader that wasn’t Osama, instead Saddam and mostly oil. They were fighting Gulf War 2.0 than the War on Terror.
And might I add - it took us 10 FULL years since the 9/11 attacks, during Obama’s presidency, to finally catch and kill Osama. All we had to do, was go to Pakistan. Bush never achieved this feat in all 8 years of his presidency and I hope he never took credit for it because he doesn’t deserve it. So many lives lost over a stupid “Mission Accomplished” campaign. Fuck Bush.
Revenge is a dumbass reason to join the military.
Definitely agree with you there!
And let’s not forget, the US’ guy in Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, was a Zelensky-esque darling of the DC Establishment too. He even gave speeches in Congress and was specially honored during the State of the Union. We learned later on that he was corrupt as hell and making a lot of money off of being the US’ puppet. I will not be surprised when a few years have passed and we learn similar things about Zelensky.
The government’s stop-loss policy was a grey area on that point
Can you suggest some articles or search terms to read more about that?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop-loss_policy
Thank you.