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  1. bs2 @[email protected] ·

    > .. the huge Vietnam war death toll was, for Pinker, a result of the “fanatical” unwillingness of the Vietnamese to surrender to superior force. (“The three deadliest postwar conflicts were fueled by Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese communist regimes that had a fanatical dedication to outlasting their opponents.”) This is pretty crude apolo- getics for aggression and mass killing.
    #EdwardHerman on #StevenPinker about #InvasionOfVietnam #VietnamWar #CommunistRegimes

    #communistregimes #vietnamwar #invasionofvietnam #stevenpinker #edwardherman
  2. bs2 @[email protected] ·

    > In every poll since the Viet Nam war, reinstatement of the draft is overwhelmingly opposed by the general public, and even more so by veterans...
    > Despite a 22% increase in sexual assault reports since 2015, convictions have plummeted by almost 60% in the same timeframe.

    worldbeyondwar.org/14-points-a
    #WorldBeyondWar #USAdraft #USAmilitary #MilitaryDraft #SexualAssault #USAveterans #VietnamWar #InvasionOfVietnam

    #invasionofvietnam #vietnamwar #usaveterans #sexualassault #militarydraft #usamilitary