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		causal 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Palantir Wants to Reinstate the Draft > We've also lost the focus on clearly defined objectives for war. Are you saying we had this in Vietnam? And I don't think the evidence is strong that these "hard lessons" did anything to keep that same generation from supporting the pointless wars that followed.

dualvariable 13 days ago [–]

No, I'm saying we had that in the Gulf War, and we're sliding back to Vietnam.

causal 13 days ago | [–]

Wildly different scenarios. You don't exactly get to pick how conveniently your enemy aligns themselves with objectives.

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