I turned 48 years old just over one week ago. If I was thirty years younger I’d be a little concerned about being drafted into the US Military. Today is March 6th 2026. I’m not overly worried about US Citizens being forced to join the Military. I don’t know a lot about the Military. I tried to enroll in the Military once when I was 30 years old and homeless and turned away due to mental health weaknesses.
I learned from searching Google there are over 2 million men and women serving in active duty and reserve duty in the Military. 750,000 to 775,000 of those men and women serving in the Military are in reserve duty. Most of the men and women serving in the Military are serving in active duty. That doesn’t mean that every man and woman serving in active duty in the Military will be sent to a foreign country. That doesn’t mean that every man and woman serving in active duty in the Military will travel to and fight in combat.
Being the most lethal military on Earth has some to do with perception. Perception we have as Americans and the perception foreign nations have about the US Military are we are the most lethal military on Earth. That’s the story shared in new reports from reporters communicating directly with members of the US Government for many years. While US is a super power so are China and Russia and North Korea and none of those countries are our closest allies.
I firmly believe that most men and women in the Military will never fight in combat. Many of the men and women in the military serve on ships and submarines and in fighter jets. Members of the military operating ships, submarines and fighter jets and bomber airplanes are often the first men and women called to fight in a war. The understanding is that American lives are saved when we kill our enemies from a safe distance with bombs and mistles and drones.
My understanding watching as a civilian from a safe distance at home in the US on news reports is that men and women in the military are asked to serve in combat missions less and when that happens it is more often to help manage foreign civilians in a foreign country United States is at war with.
This doesn’t mean that there are no American casualties when USA is at war. US fighter jets have been shot out of the sky and the pilots have not always been able to parachute to safety and have died in combat. American ships and submarines have been sunk by foreign militaries that have killed nearly everyone on board in the past. Often in war many lives are lost.
While being drafted to join the Military has been forced on US Citizens in the past, I doubt that will happen again. Americans are continually joining the Military and continually being honorably discharged from the Military. No one wants to die in war and that is one of the sacrifices the men and women of the US Military have done and prepare themselves to do. This is called the ultimate sacrifice.
I think the Trump Administration would be wise to create some distance between Israel and US interests. Currently Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will kill the new leader of Iran. At the same time Trump is saying he want’s to help pick the new leader of Iran. This puts Trump and Netanyahu at odds. This is not wise.
US and Israel are the two main aggressors in the war against Iran. US and Israel do not fight side by side. The leaders of our separate nations have different agendas regarding the next leader of Iran.
If all Israel sees is blood in their eyes towards a leader of Iran and USA wants to help choose who the next leader of Iran is that is a conflict of interest.
It makes sense that different countries have different agendas and as allies US and Israel should get on the same page that the next leader of Iran should be a leader who works towards peace in Iran and in the Middle East to include peace with Israel and with USA.
Israel needs to forgive and forget and learn that for there to be lasting peace in Iran and no threats from Iran, Iran needs to have a leader who will guide their people in peace. For Iran to be at peace and not threaten other countries Iranian civilians need to know that they and their leader are not threatened by Israel and USA.
May peace prevail.
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