Rachel Sharp 🖋️

I'm not going to do a global political analysis right now.

I am going to tell you that I'm just old enough to remember the last time we had this same stupid fucking war, and tell anyone under 30: Do not enlist in the military. They will ruin your life and they do not care. Please don't do it.

Jun 22 at 2:13amWeb
Show threadJackie 🍉  3d ago
@wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl I would rather be an insurgent fighting the military at this rate. The US doesn't stand for anything other than mass murder and genocide
Show threadThin Crust Tavern Cut3d ago
@wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl With the cuts to Vet benefits...
Show threadKnut 🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇴🧸3d ago
@wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl Your old enough to remember which time. Iraq or Iraq part Deux? Because I remember both.
Show threadtuban_muzuru3d ago

@wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl

I soldiered for four years. The Army can be a lazy person's paradise, if you want to play the game that way, become E4 mafia, it can even be fun.

But you will do no thinking, unless you're an officer anyway.

Your thinking will be done for you.

I did learn one truly valuable skill: how to take an order from a complete effing idiot, render a nice snappy salute and figure out some way of obeying that order without getting other people into danger or whatnot.

Show threadDoNotPunchDown3d ago

@wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl

Spectacular advice! Thank you

Show threadiveyline3d ago
@wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl Agreed why support the world's old angry men in their stupid wargames. Nobody wins - ever.
Show threadBishop Joey (he/him)3d ago

@wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl I was 23 when we did the first Iraq invasion. There was no draft at that time but I remember my mother’s relief when I turned 26 and aged out.

Of course I recall the BS in 2003 and it took us over 20 years to finish that up.

Jayzus, but I hate that we’re doing it again. And we’ll all get snookered the way we did last time as well.

Show threadRandall Lee3d ago
@Bishopjoey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl The difference this time is trump dispensed with the coordinated theatrics that preceded the invasion of Iraq. That was old school media manipulation. Trump is not that creative and doesn't have the attention span to craft a multilayered appeal to the public to build up the threat. People were legitimately scared about WMD in Iraq. Every 20 something should not feel some patriotic duty to enlist after trump put zero effort into selling this war.
Show threadLizzie she/her3d ago
@wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl support this assessment and plea. Don't fucking do it.