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this 2019 survey was posted to reddit, hilarity ensues in c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net
this 2019 survey was posted to reddit, hilarity ensues in c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net
Good Waco documentary recommendation in c/askchapo@hexbear.net
[โ€“] constellation@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

[What happened at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco in 1993. The ATF assault that ended with the whole place burning down on national television.] (https://i.imgur.com/VDWGEbf.png)

During the Vietnam War, socialist parties salted the military and organized against the war in c/politics@hexbear.net
[โ€“] constellation@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Drafted soldiers.

After Vietnam the US went to an all-volunteer force. Not because, as some would enjoy thinking, protesting. But rather because a post-war analysis revealed that draftee units frequently failed to accomplish their assigned missions. Moreover they were prone to committing war atrocities.