Who sends sons and daughters to war?

[Rumpel]

Who sends sons and daughters to war?

 

[Rumpel]

Isn't that quite an archaic idea?

War. Would you go? Would you send your sons and daughters?

Ukraine isn't our fight. So no. If our leaders were competent in running a war I might be more inclined to support it. We wasted billions of dollars and thousands of American lives on Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Korea and other wars. Why would anyone want those retards in charge of another war...

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[Noodlegawd]

Who sends sons and daughters to war?

Governments send people to war. Practically every person is a son or daughter.

 

[Loulit01]

There's no draft in the U.S. so they volunteer to go where the government sends them.

 

[TheParser]

Well, from what I have read, a lot of American boys and even famous male movie stars sent themselves to war.

There was a genuine desire among many American males to join the armed forces after Pearl Harbor.

JFK and Richard Nixon were among them.

 

[Kreton]

Governments send people to war. Practically every person is a son or daughter.

practically?

 

[Kreton]

Who sends sons and daughters to war?

Most people in war sign up to be in the military. It has been a while since anyone was forced.

 

[Noodlegawd]

practically?

Yes, practically. Some people (about 1%) are born with ambiguous sexuality, biologically speaking.

 

[Rumpel]

Well, from what I have read, a lot of American boys and even famous male movie stars sent themselves to war.

OK - so they were self-sent and not parent-sent.

 

[Rumpel]

Practically every person is a son or daughter.

You forgot those noble non-binaries!

 

[MaryP]

Well, from what I have read, a lot of American boys and even famous male movie stars sent themselves to war.

There was a genuine desire among many American males to join the armed forces after Pearl Harbor.

JFK and Richard Nixon were among them.

I was thoroughly and totally opposed to my son going in the military but he was on the cusp of 18 and it was no longer my decision, so I quietly got drunk and kept my mouth shut about it. When he told me he wanted to do something that made a difference, I realized that he had learned something from me after all.

It turned out a positive for him (we were not at war at the time).

We raise our kids as best we can, but at some point we have to allow them the independence we trained them to take. It can be a scary moment.

 

[MaryP]

practically?

LOL Aliens.