oh, yeah, it’s a big part of why the u.s. decided to stop the draft. an all volunteer army is much less likely to result in spontaneously exploding officers.
and “sabotage” comes from dutch factory workers throwing their wooden shoes (“sabot”) into machinery to protest unsafe working conditions.
I think they learned their lesson from Vietnam not to allow the press have too much access during Iraq and Afghanistan. We’ve all seen photos of kids running from Napalm, the aftermath of the My Lai Massacre, the VC insurgent being shot in the head on his knees by a South Vietnamese officer, etc.
If you try to find photos of recent wars in the Middle East of bodies or footage of people being killed, they’re not there. The most you’ll get is Abu Ghraib and the photos of American coffins. I think this had a serious effect on how US troops viewed themselves in these conflicts. They never questioned the mission because they never saw pictures of their side shooting kids, even though that happened. Rainbow washing helped changed people’s views as well, as opposed to black soldiers in Vietnam deserting or even defecting because of civil rights.
And incidents of fragging aren’t widely reported the way they were in Vietnam. It was always chalked up to “accidental friendly fire.” Or like that Navy Seal who turned communist and began to disavow the US was obviously murdered by his colleagues never had any investigations into his death. Most people haven’t heard of the guy who nearly beat that Afghan officer to death when he found out they were trafficking little boys toremoved.
Why would you share the “ai summary” instead of something more reputable like Wikipedia
something more reputable like Wikipedia
Good bit lmao
It’s cute to see ai describe funny things in a clinical way
