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Are YOU Ready for War?

I mean, the Holocaust occurred, and people never thought that would happen.

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Are YOU Ready for War?
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Are you ready to live a life without Instagram? How about Snapchat? How about having to deal with power shortages? Could you imagine your life without hot showers? How about Dunkin Donuts?

For the past two weeks, I noticed that Army ROTC has been advertised in the El. It was kind of weird. I mean, why were they advertising the Army? It wasn't until Jersey Shore's premier that I connected the dots.


April 5, 2018

Girardi's and Hudson's Apartment:

We're eating pizza, enjoying family time; we even took a cab to honor Jerzday. As we are all sitting there on the couch, a Navy commercial comes on. Then, we all joke about how we are going to war with Korea. One thing led to the next, and we all start saying what we would actually do if we went to war. Julie wouldn't want to go to Korea, even though she's Korean. Then I admit that I wouldn't mind being station in Korea. After all, I adapt to different cultures pretty easily.

It wasn't until later that night that I realized, that this might be a possibility. All jokes aside, but we might actually go to war. Prices are rising. The military is being advertised. Our ROTC room is being remodeled. It suddenly seems like our program is improving, is it improving because they're going to need us soon?

(I realize that this makes no sense as much as it makes sense to me, but I think I peep something. It may just be a hunch from a sleepless-college-student that reads too many CNN articles, but I think I'm onto something).

Fortunate Sons. There I was zoning out, doing my pushups to the rhythm of one of America's sad realities. (The song is a protest piece against the draft during the Vietnam War).

What would I really do if we went to war? How would I tell my family? The only reason why my family has accepted me being in ROTC was because I kind of lied to them and said I would never end up in "battle". Yet, as the years pass, I realize that I perhaps may enjoy being in the field. I would never branch infantry, but I've been thinking about Field Artillery.

Disclaimer: I didn't mean to lie to my family. I just thought I would branch something that is "safe".

Later That Day:

On my way to Dina's apartment I see this:

a lot about who we are as a society.

Rumors about a draft have started to surface; how insane would that be? People don't believe that will happen. The only issue is that we always want to believe that bad things won't happen, but they do. Not trying to be pessimistic here but, it's kind of hard when history has been there to back my point up. I mean, the Holocaust happened, and people never thought that would happen.

Would that mean that we no longer have luxuries? Will macarons become scarce?


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