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Re:Soldiers watch the US withdrawal from Bagram through the ... by pjc50 on Saturday July 03, 2021 @03:19AM (#27719939)
OBL was, in the end, operating out of Pakistan, a "democratic" "US ally".

It was impossible to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan because they could retreat to, operate from, and occasionally bomb US fuel supplies in, Pakistan.

The quest for revenge after 9/11 just gave the US two more Vietnams.

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Re:Soldiers watch the US withdrawal from Bagram through the ... by MomoXenosaga on Saturday July 03, 2021 @06:02AM (#27720534)
True but at least the US doesn't have the draft anymore so American society doesn't care much and life goes on unchanged. When I read about an aircraft carrier being diverted to cover the withdrawal I couldn't help mutter "Saigon".
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Re:Soldiers watch the US withdrawal from Bagram through the ... by rascul on Saturday July 03, 2021 @10:20AM (#27721788)
> True but at least the US doesn't have the draft anymore

Unfortunately it does. Hasn't been called up since the Vietnam War but the system is still in place and people are still required to register.

https://www.sss.gov/

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Re:Soldiers watch the US withdrawal from Bagram through the ... by dragonwriter on Saturday July 03, 2021 @10:00PM (#27726723)
> Unfortunately it does.

No, it doesn't.

> Hasn't been called up since the Vietnam War

Right, because there is no draft law.

> but the system is still in place and people are still required to register.

No, the registration system is in place, but it would take a change in law for there to be a draft.

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