This is an op-ed by some crusty, old, retired Marine lieutenant colonel in a media site owned by Monster.com. Calling this an op-ed ran by the US military is a big stretch
People were warning of a draft at the beginning of the Iraq War, but they were always leftwing people. As far as I recall, liberals and conservatives knew better than to bring it up. The fact that an opinion like this is being published anywhere is concerning, and it shows the intensifying contradictions of capitalism. The military needs more guys for imperialism, but that means less labor for small and medium businesses to exploit at home. On top of that, the population has been devastated by covid in order to enrich pharmaceutical companies. The USA’s different economic interests are tearing it apart.
I think Nixon was pretty savvy; I think he knew the opposition to the war among young Americans was more about the draft than it was concern and solidarity with the people of Southeast Asia (though this was certainly a part of it for the socialist and communist opposition). Once he started to wind down the draft, open opposition to the war diminished.
Arguably the most prominent anti-war song, Fortunate Son, is more about how it’s unfair that the kids of the rich weren’t dying in Vietnam, not that the war itself was immoral.
This is an op-ed by some crusty, old, retired Marine lieutenant colonel in a media site owned by Monster.com. Calling this an op-ed ran by the US military is a big stretch
Yeah it's not any odficial position by the military or even a proposition...
It's still an alarming op-ed
People were warning of a draft at the beginning of the Iraq War, but they were always leftwing people. As far as I recall, liberals and conservatives knew better than to bring it up. The fact that an opinion like this is being published anywhere is concerning, and it shows the intensifying contradictions of capitalism. The military needs more guys for imperialism, but that means less labor for small and medium businesses to exploit at home. On top of that, the population has been devastated by covid in order to enrich pharmaceutical companies. The USA’s different economic interests are tearing it apart.
I think Nixon was pretty savvy; I think he knew the opposition to the war among young Americans was more about the draft than it was concern and solidarity with the people of Southeast Asia (though this was certainly a part of it for the socialist and communist opposition). Once he started to wind down the draft, open opposition to the war diminished.
Arguably the most prominent anti-war song, Fortunate Son, is more about how it’s unfair that the kids of the rich weren’t dying in Vietnam, not that the war itself was immoral.