What is this recurring connection between big missiles sending men to the moon and the military industrial complex sending expeditionary forces overseas?
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No matter when you launch the rocket, the US will be in some war overseas.
No matter when you launch the rocket, the US will be losing some war overseas
Ftfy
Dude…
The US has always been at war.
All empires are always at war…
Yeah, but Vietnam was a pinnacle of sorts, and Iran started pushing really hard and fast as launch day approached…
Pinnacle in what way?
Draftee casualties in a US proxy war.
Vietnam wasn’t a proxy war for the US, it was a proxy war for Russia.
There were orders of magnitude MORE draftee causalities for the US in WWII than Viet Nam.
In percentages or raw numbers?
I just went down a mini rabbit hole.
WW2: 10 million drafted, 16 million in the service. 400,000 casualties overall. I couldn’t find anything that split casualty figures by volunteer/drafted status.
Vietnam: 1.9 million conscripted. About 17,000 casualties among the drafted.
There were orders of magnitude MORE draftee protests in the US for Vietnam than WWII. Vietnam was the last conscription conflict for the US, even through today.
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The space race and proxy wars were a huge part of the cold war, and now, many things point to some kind of new cold war. I’m surprised by the amount of people claiming that there’s no connection.
Pretty sure Artemis was in the works long before this. If you want to talk suspiciously convenient timing, look at the intervention in Venezuela just before before Iran.
Artemis has been in the works for over 20 years, this is the first time the project didn’t get delayed for … reasons.
Wasn’t Artemis II meant to launch in 2023?
I believe it has been pushed back multiple times.
FWIW,
In 2024 Trump won:
49.8% of the popular vote,
312 Electoral College votes,
and,
31 states + ME-02
In 1972 Nixon won:
60.7% of the popular vote,
520 Electoral College votes,
and,
49 states
Two months and 2 days later, Nixon turned 60.
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Nixon played football, and at 32 years of age, became a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy;
Cadet Bone Spurs, however, plays golf.
Nixon talked with Armstrong and Aldrin during their moonwalk: “the most historic phone call ever made from the White House”.
Trump, however, has a hissyfit while on his stupid website on Easter.
