What is this recurring connection between big missiles sending men to the moon and the military industrial complex sending expeditionary forces overseas?

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[–] 19 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Dude…

The US has always been at war.

All empires are always at war…

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    Yeah, but Vietnam was a pinnacle of sorts, and Iran started pushing really hard and fast as launch day approached...

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Draftee casualties in a US proxy war.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Vietnam wasn't a proxy war for the US, it was a proxy war for Russia.

    There were orders of magnitude MORE draftee causalities for the US in WWII than Viet Nam.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    In percentages or raw numbers?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    I just went down a mini rabbit hole.

    WW2: 10 million drafted, 16 million in the service. 400,000 casualties overall. I couldn't find anything that split casualty figures by volunteer/drafted status.

    Vietnam: 1.9 million conscripted. About 17,000 casualties among the drafted.

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