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Mountainguy

(2,145 posts)

5. Taking over Gaza is a dumb idea...

Reply to usaf-vet (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2025, 02:17 PM

Feb 2025

but there are another 800k reserve/guard members that would be available. And it wouldn't take anywhere near that number to take over Gaza if they wanted to, and there would obviously be Israeli troops as well.

There wasn't a draft when we had wars ongoing in both Iraq and Afghanistan for 15 years, although I saw LOT of people claiming there would be a draft if Bush won in '04... It didn't happen then and there wouldn't be one for an invasion of Gaza either.

Making these types of dire warnings makes us look bad when they don't happen and takes away credibility when something dire is actually going to happen.

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The take over of Gaza will require military troops. The current numbers for the U.S. is estimate 1,300,000 active duty. [View all] usaf-vet Feb 2025 OP

Or, just such a destroyed economy that millions sign up intrepidity Feb 2025 #1

MaddowBlog-New details make Trump's radical Gaza plan look worse, not better LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2025 #2

.Did Susie Wiles give a 'death stare' to Donald Trump when he said US will take over Gaza? littlemissmartypants Feb 2025 #4

Now adjust those numbers by Bettie Feb 2025 #3

I have a grandson who is now 13. The prospect of his father's draft into the Vietnam War is why I got active in the anti CTyankee Feb 2025 #7

I was a kid during Viet Nam Bettie Feb 2025 #8

What a sad story in your family! CTyankee Feb 2025 #9

Taking over Gaza is a dumb idea... Mountainguy Feb 2025 #5

YA but! Trump is the stupidest, crazy, mentally distrubed person to ever sit in the White House nothing is out of...... usaf-vet Feb 2025 #6

Why use US military troops when unaccountable for hire private security forces can do the job Brother Buzz Feb 2025 #10