Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "Israel’s big strategic mistake | General McMaster" video.

It’s a spectrum. On one end you have insufficient/ineffective. On the other you have dropping nukes on civilian targets that have little or no strategic value. It’s actually very difficult to pinpoint “proportionate” on that line. It’s better to err in the side of too much than too little. Doing too little also leads to perpetual war. Israel’s biggest mistake has been ignoring or even hampering humanitarian aid for civilians. If Israel can evacuate Rafah and provide the refugees with the necessary medical and food aid, they can be as disproportionate as they want going after Hamas.
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You didn’t specify in which war you served after being drafted. Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t the last time we fought with conscription the Vietnam war? That ended up leading to a lot of social unrest—and it also led to the all volunteer Army after the conflict was over. Perhaps that is the point of conscription: administrations will be a lot more hesitant to send in the troops to fight foreign wars, or risk losing the next election. Or (and, really), our elected representatives and officials will be less willing to engage our military in long “democracy building” occupations. That’s the thing about Iraq and Afghanistan: we won those wars but lost the peace. I cannot tell you if that was due to bad planning for the post-war period. And to be fair, our occupation of Iraq was not a total loss. It’s a mixed bag. “We fight them over there instead of fighting them over here” wasn’t a hollow platitude. Our military destroyed Isis. Anyway, I’m getting off point. I’m not necessarily against conscription for the right reasons. What is your argument for conscription? “Whipping American youth into shape” isn’t a good reason for conscription. It’s a laudable idea, but that should not be the basis of conscription.
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@nom_chompsky Israel never claimed sovereignty over Gaza. It never installed a government nor a permanent military occupation. No country wants to own Gaza because Gaza is apparently ungovernable, even by the Gazans themselves. Do you think Hamas was at any point the government of Gaza? If a country is owned by whomever controls it, that means Hamas owned the territory of Gaza. So, who owned Hamas? The people of Gaza? The religious fundamentalists in Tehran? See, the issue is that you’re throwing around the term “own” without specifying what you mean by it. You’re playing a word game. Or maybe you meant “pwn”. And right now the IDF is pwning Hamas.
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He wants civilians to evacuate Rafah so they won’t get killed in the coming battle between IDF and Hamas. Are you dense? By your logic, evacuating people from a burning building is ethnic cleansing.
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That’s not true. The problem is that the Ukrainian defense forces don’t have enough equipment and ammunition to supply the men and women currently fighting. The Ukrainian training pipeline seems to be functioning as it should. You’re repeating disinformation.
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I responded to one of your other comments about recruitment and conscription. And to clarify my reply there, you are making good points and there should be a lot more discussion on these issues. But that said, I think I have the answer. It started coming to me as a funny answer that would solve the problem you just stated with clarity. Now hear me out. 😂 lol WHAT IF the military classified first person shooters as sensitive military technology, and co-opted the FPS game companies into the DIB. They would still be private companies, but they would become military contractors. Gamers would flock to recruiting offices if the latest and greatest releases were only available to the military as training simulators. Games companies would still be allowed to sell older games and gimped versions of our military’s exclusive games. I’m proposing this as a ridiculous joke. But is it really ridiculous? 😂 I see some obvious objections, like aren’t all gamers irretrievable softbody slobs? The truth is that some are. But not all. And some are borderline. The military could sponsor e-games to find the best gamers. I guess the question remains. Would these gamer recruits be willing to pick up a rifle in real life? I think the answer is yes, some would. What do you think? Is my idea dumb enough to work?😅
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We don’t have to imagine. Or was that your point. Unfortunately, ex-president Trump had made it clear he won’t be installing people like McMasters if he is elected a second time. Trump has made it clear that he will be installing loyalists in these positions to co-sign his BS and do his bidding, not give advice that might be contrary to his whims.
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@thebigr201 The main problem with food stamps and wic for service members is the social stigmata. If the money was channeled through the military as allowances for military families, it wouldn’t have that stigmata. Or even better, just give our soldiers a pay raise and let them decide how to spend it. But I think it’s awesome that your trans kid is serving. I’ll give the Army credit for being open minded towards trans people.
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