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Americans Don't Want to Fight For Their Country Anymore
Newsweek ^ | 11.10.2023 | Aleks Phillips

Posted on 11/10/2023 1:46:35 PM PST by Dr. Marten

A majority of American adults would not be willing to serve in the military were the U.S. to enter into a major war, recent polling has found, while public confidence in the armed forces appears to be waning.

The figures come as all branches of the armed forces have in recent years struggled to meet their recruitment targets, suggesting a growing apathy towards a career of military service. In 2023, the Army and Air Force fell short of their respective goals by around 10,000 recruits, while the Navy was under by 6,000. Since 1987, the number of active-duty personnel has fallen by 39 percent.

Experts say that such shortfalls are worrisome in an increasingly volatile global picture with American leadership unsure when it will next have to bring its full military force to bear.

"We have strike groups, aircraft carriers with a Marine Expeditionary Unit outside Israel now," Justin Henderson, a former transport operator for the U.S. Marines turned military recruiter, told Newsweek. "We're funding two wars, but we're actually boots on the ground, drones above Gaza. So we're already involved in there—and we're not sure what's happening in Taiwan. So this is a very tumultuous time for us, because we don't know what's going to happen."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: draft; military; militaryservice; selectiveservice; war
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To: Dr. Marten

will they draft women?


101 posted on 11/10/2023 4:43:07 PM PST by Karoo
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To: Dr. Marten

There is a huge difference between fighting to defend your country and your people, and serving as a thug for the masters in the Capitol District on their imperial adventures. If someone wants to defend America in 2023 they’d be joining a militia in Texas, not signing up with the federal armed forces.


102 posted on 11/10/2023 4:51:34 PM PST by EnderWiggin1970
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To: Dr. Marten

I agree 100%, and the first few hundred thousand should be the blood relatives between the age of 17-35 of EVERY member of congress and the entire executive branch, including all agencies under it.


103 posted on 11/10/2023 4:52:52 PM PST by eyeamok
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To: Dr. Marten

My check is still good


104 posted on 11/10/2023 5:07:37 PM PST by stylin19a (Back when men cursed & beat the ground with sticks, it was named witchcraft. Today it's named golf.)
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To: Dr. Marten

No. Americans don’t trust the Biden Administration, the Neocons in the Deep State and the Woke Military.

They thought it would be a great idea to go all woke. They decided they would be oh so fashionable. OK. Send your tranny army to go fight. Send chicks raised by two moms who think they’re strong and capable. Go recruit at Pride parades. By all means, let’s see Leftists go die in these foreign wars.


105 posted on 11/10/2023 5:08:08 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: Drew68

Thanks for pointing that out.


106 posted on 11/10/2023 5:08:54 PM PST by Gritty (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution. - Saul Alinsky)
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To: Dr. Marten

The standing army is threat to the repblic for which it stands. If you want recruits, white male recruits, with an IQ above 100 then have a country worth fighting for.


107 posted on 11/10/2023 5:18:29 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Third Person
that'll be the next civil war

You say that like that is a bad thing.

108 posted on 11/10/2023 5:21:01 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: montanajoe

You my friend, are an idiot. PS: I am a veteren.


109 posted on 11/10/2023 5:27:53 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: JonPreston

Let the elites and government workers send their kids.

I concur. I have advised my draft aged kids to avoid the woke military.


110 posted on 11/10/2023 5:40:52 PM PST by fhillary2 (Abort Rep. Wexton.)
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To: BenLurkin

Exactly!
This country has bastardized every single thing that everyday Americans grew up with and love.
I grew up in a Marine house, and sad to say I don’t want my kids going on the service.
Not saying it’s still not the best place to live, but it’s only cause compared to other places, is still not as fry as those places. That doesn’t make it great, on its own.
This country hates me because I’m a white, middle class, conservative Christian. And this government would take my house or assess in a heartbeat for any number of ridiculous reasons.
Never thought I’d post something like this !
Half this Country, has destroyed a once great land.


111 posted on 11/10/2023 5:48:19 PM PST by bantam
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To: BenLurkin

Well, they have a whole bunch of military aged men that have decided to bless us with their presents.
SEND THEM


112 posted on 11/10/2023 5:52:06 PM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Dr. Marten

Most of ‘em have been taught in schools to not love America - and that’s putting it charitably.

Reap what you sow.


113 posted on 11/10/2023 6:02:58 PM PST by simpson96
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To: BenLurkin

“because it isn’t their country anymore”
^^^This^^^


114 posted on 11/10/2023 6:30:41 PM PST by griswold3 (I cannot change the Tide but I can learn to Sail)
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To: poinq

Afghanistan proofed the government does not have your back. Alpha males are simply cannon fodder. The more Alphas they can eliminate the easier the rest can be controlled.


115 posted on 11/10/2023 6:36:14 PM PST by griswold3 (I cannot change the Tide but I can learn to Sail)
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To: Dr. Marten

I would refuse service because our military has been highjacked by men in skirts, makeup and high heels, and command soldiers embrace that satanic agenda.


116 posted on 11/10/2023 8:08:56 PM PST by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Spoken like a woke fascist.

The military had no problem with recruitment before they went full gender-dystopic retard.

Now they want the people they drove out of the military back so they can send them to die for FJB/Soros's money laundering operation.

 

I don't have a woke bone in my body. My comment was heavily laden with sarcasm and a bit of truth. Recruitment numbers are way down due to the very reasons you cited and therefore this tyranical administration wouldn't think twice about reinstating the Draft.

117 posted on 11/11/2023 6:53:32 AM PST by Dr. Marten (Cogito ergo armatus sum.)
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To: Third Person

19-YEAR-OLD FEMALES PROVED THEY COULD DO COMBAT ROLES, EQUALITY DEMANDS YOU ADD THEM TO THE DRAFT.


118 posted on 11/11/2023 9:02:15 AM PST by GailA (GMOs have a new name 'BIOENGINEERED' read labels. Constitutional Conservative.)
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To: Skywise

Well said....

See my post #33.....


119 posted on 11/11/2023 10:46:34 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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