A hospital in the Israeli town of Beersheba has been hit as Iran fired a barrage of missiles, with the conflict between the two countries continuing into a seventh day.
Iran said the strike had targeted a military site close to the hospital, not the facility itself. Dozens of people were reported injured in several locations across Israel, including near Tel Aviv.
After visiting the Soroka Medical Centre on Thursday, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said Iran’s supreme leader “can no longer be allowed to exist”.
Meanwhile, Israel’s military said it had targeted Iran’s nuclear sites including the “inactive” Arak heavy water reactor and Natanz facility.
Some of that’s true, yes.
But you’re missing the bigger point here: the antiwar movement in the US flourished because people who didn’t want to fight were forced to fight, and the American government saw that the military draft was self-defeating and, while it still exists statutorily, it is effectively nonexistent because they don’t want another anti-war movement interrupting the gravy train.
The number of active duty troops needed by the U.S. to enter battle gas fallen drastically. We aren’t actually trying to occupy anything. For instance we sent 130,000 into Iraq in 2003, and the needed numbers have fallen more since as warfare advances. The U.S. has over 2,000,000 troops and 700,000 reserves. The draft was retired because we don’t need it. We just view it as the draft being gone because that’s what the government wanted us to see/believe. Yet every male in the U.S. is required by law to sign up. Propoganda works wonders on us all. Will we see a ban occur, someday I’m sure, but it won’t be before we know volunteers far outweigh what’s needed for the greed of the rich.
Thank you for your commentary.
Sorry, sitting in meeting bored. Didn’t know what to do with the time
No worries. :)