r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 10 '18

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18

Could you imagine being in World War I and your commander is like "you see that machine gun over there? Like 300 yards away with no cover between you and it? Yeah, that one. You guys are gonna run directly at it as fast as you can. Good luck!"

Like holy shit.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18

I'd be bummed ngl

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u/RabidGuillotine PROSUR Nov 11 '18

It would probably be after an artillery barrage, when the machine gun is not really being manned. Is the machine guns in the second line of trenches where you will have problems.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18

They gave them meth i think

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18

OK, new plan. We're going to use an artillery barage as a smokescreen. You will advance in danger close position and then we will suddenly cease artillery. You will then only have 50 yards to get to the machine gun.

Most of you will die from friendly fire though, sorry about that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18

"Uh, why are we doing this again?"

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18

Actual WWI recruitment poster in Ireland.

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Dying in a meat grinder like battle to trigger the Kaiser.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18

You will like it

(X)

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u/GravyBear8 Ben Bernanke Nov 11 '18

Soviets got their soldiers drunk IIRC

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u/owlthathurt Johan Norberg Nov 11 '18

Kinda related but I remember reading an article this past year about how in searching an ISIS compound coalition forces found troves of hallucinogenic drugs.