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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m absolutely not willing to make very many sacrifices for Ukraine. I don’t want to pay more than I already do for anything and I damn sure don’t want my husband going to war nor do I want my life upended to make shit in factories for a war effort. Ukraine and Russia aren’t my problem just as I’m not theirs. I don’t feel bad about this either.[/quote]

One of the downsides of the long involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan is that some Americans have no stomach for engagement or involvement even when there are legitimate threats.  I'm curious whether anything other than a direct attack on your neighborhood would be your problem or worth any sacrifice.[/quote]

I mean, historically this is not an outlier opinion. I think we are in an isolationist period in the US right now. Every once in awhile someone pipes up about our exit from Afghanistan, but honestly no one actually cares. It's a political talking point - [b]and we lost 13 soldiers![/b] People are starving to death in Afghanistan right now and we all have collective amnesia that we were there for 20

The US was barely involved in WW I and didn't enter WW II until directly attacked. Strategically, that's probably what allowed the Allies to win, but there was plenty of isolationism in 1939.

I do think we should be concerned that Putin deliberately attacks/provokes NATO once he realizes that NATO and the EU are unilaterally united against him. You should want to sacrifice with high gas prices, etc. to avoid that. Because once that happens, you may well see your spouse or child drafted.

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No.   We lost ONE solider.   One soldier, one naval corpsman, and 11 Marines.   The fact that you lumped them all together as "soldiers" shows how little civilians know about the military.[/quote]

This response reminds me of the ones where someone uses incorrect terminology about firearms and then a person who doesn't like the underlying, substantive point instead chooses to get lost in the weeds over proper terminology instead of addressing the substance. [/quote]

I'm pretty sure we have one keyboard warrior who is going absolutely insane that others don't share his military veteran viewpoint about everything and who keeps calling everyone else stupid. It's kind of an amazing meltdown.[/quote]

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