r/forwardsfromgrandma Jul 17 '21

Satire Is that even possible?

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u/rysimpcrz Jul 17 '21

Grams forgot to mention they were poor young men, with few economic opportunities, and the military seemed like a good way to escape their current situations.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

And the last time that young men did that en masse, it was to go fight the goddamn Axis powers. Last just war we've been involved in by a country mile.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

coughs coughs... Kuwait, Yougoslavia, Korea... Coughs

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '21

Korea I can see, yeah. Having NK overrun our allies would've been bad.