In a stunning admission, Leavitt told Bartiromo that mandatory conscription – not seen since the Vietnam War – had not been ruled out by her boss.

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      Yup. It’s easy to spot when “news” fits these criteria:

      1. Evokes emotional response
      2. Too dangerous to ignore
      3. Devoid of any proof of something that is actually happening or going to happen
      4. Plausible

      The key here is that it’s noise designed to wear you out by provoking hypothetical scenarios in your head. This is intended to saturate the minds of the most dangerous opposition of all: The smart and educated. It’ll go flying right over the heads of everyone else, but they have other tactics for that.

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      It also doesn’t matter if they say they ruled it out and then do it anyway. Their cult worships them no matter what. I just saw a woman whose kid was murdered by ICE and she still supports Trump. Also his fans love the Iran war. The propaganda doesn’t even matter anymore, which is why it’s so sloppy and lazy, because their base will eat it up no matter what.

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    I’m old enough to where if I get called things had to have somehow gotten even more terrible. If it comes to that they can lick my fucking taint. I’m not going to war even if the put a rifle in my mouth.

    The admin is fully hallucinating if the think there ain’t a bunch of folks like me that would much rather forget their life than fight for this admin.

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    That’ll be fun. If I know I’m going to die overseas, with my skin peeled off or bones shattered, or I can die at home with a few bullet holes, I know which one I’ll be choosing. Easy enough to make sure bullet holes magically appear in assholes, as well.

    Luckily it’s all hypothetical for me. Too old, too sick, and too busy not even having a permanent address :/

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      Fuck man. I wish the best for you. Home insecurity is a massive drain. The American people deserve so much better than this. From an Iranian.

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    It’s a good thing they have all of our voting data and will be able to target conscription on those they don’t like, which is exactly why and how they would do this.

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    Why the fuck would anyone want to go fight on the other side of the globe in an imperial war of aggression, when they can use the same energy to fight their fascist government at home?

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      Because fuck the libtards? Less vehement than it was before but many of them still see the liberal cause as weak, unmasculine, ineffective, and see the conservative cause as the opposite. People - especially young insecure men - want to identify with Strong Daddy Trump. We can’t lose sight of that, doing so is why we lost a generation of young men entirely.

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        Then let’s show them the leftist cause. You have no power in society and don’t get paid enough because you’re not a union man. Band together with your bros and stick it to the upper management that never actually works.

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    FIFA Peace Prize laureate former Cadet Bonespurs will maintain peace by bringing back the draft. I hope all the fighting age Z/A males have exactly the life they voted for.

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    Come on, didn’t you hear the language they’re using to describe war, like “double tap” 😉? It’ll be fun, just like a video game. Except when you die it’s permanent.

    Come on! Don’t be a 😺 be a penguin 🐧

    “Stray from the crowd” by forced conscription into the military. Your path has been laid out for you. So go protect the wealthy pedophiles destroying America and shitting on the constitution.

    Don’t think too much about it. This is God’s will. It’s all in the Bible (if you squint).

    You’ll just have to trust us.

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      Yeah, I thought if anything, Vietnam tought the lesson that the draft is a terrible idea for overseas deployment.

      Of course, learning from history is not exactly the style of this administration.

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        We have the largest and most capable military in the world by far. There won’t be a draf until things get waaaay worse