• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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    13 days ago

    Explanation: In the 1960s, the US involvement in Vietnam ramped up, and to avoid calling up the reserves, which was considered to be a politically unpopular move, conscription of young men was initiated instead.

    This definitely did not scar a generation of American kids, in order to murder a generation of Vietnamese, all over a failed attempt to prop up an unpopular military junta in South Vietnam which failed anyway. No sir. It did… something positive. We swear.