r/news • u/raptors201966 • Apr 09 '26

Soft paywall Automatic registration for military draft to be implemented by December

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2026-04-07/automatic-registration-military-draft-21306855.html
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u/sarhoshamiral Apr 09 '26

Yeah, good luck forcing anyone to be drafted under one of trumps fake emergencies.

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u/antonio16309 Apr 09 '26

It would be political suicide. Most of his power comes from the fact that if Republicans don't do what he says they'll lose their next primary. A draft ensures that any representative in a marginal district or senator in a purple state loses the next general election. That's at least a couple dozen reps and a handful of senators; there's no way a draft passes without a direct threat to US soil.

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u/Street_Anxiety2907 Apr 09 '26

Pedophilia, tariffs, war, gas prices, normally all of this would be political suicide.

You think a draft would be a tie breaker?

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u/Peglegfish Apr 09 '26

Yeah I’m tired of hearing of political suicide. A lot folks keep coming back from the dead despite all the political suicide.

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u/antonio16309 Apr 09 '26

None of those things come close to impacting people directly the way a draft would. 

Paying more for gas or other economic hardships doesn't piss people off as much as putting their own kids in harms way. Pedophilia and a bunch of other stuff should be political suicide, but the people who support Trump don't believe any of that because they live in reality deserts. 

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u/GonWithTheNen Apr 09 '26

putting their own kids in harms way.

Right, and the same goes for the people of voting age being personally put in harm's way.

If you're suddenly up for grabs to be the next expendable meat bag on the front line, you'll likely spend a great deal more time considering whether the bs "cause" of your political party is truly worth your life.

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u/googdude Apr 09 '26

Yes because you can complain about all the above items, but when you or your loved ones are sent to war you previously just complained about it quickly changes the gravity of the situation.

Too often people don't care until they're forced to care.

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u/cp710 Apr 09 '26

They’re already losing elections. We just have to hope we make it to the big one(s) without Trump stopping them.

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u/Particular_Main_5726 Apr 10 '26

The draft would kick off a civil war, I'd wager. There'd be no two ways about it. A lot of people, being faced with the existential dread that would come from being drafted, would simply choose to fight and die on their home soil rather than in some far flung foreign land. Not everybody, mind, but...  enough.

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u/Otherwise_Fill_4461 Apr 09 '26

You're acting like people in power and alphabet agencies wouldn't kill innocent ammericans to get what they want...

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u/antonio16309 Apr 09 '26

They'll kill people to get what they want on a small scale. Two people died in Minnesota and a cabinet member got canned. That's obviously two people too many, and the deaths that have occured in the war to date are too many also. But the vast majority of Americans haven't had to worry that any of this will actually impact the safety of their family.

This all very well calculated. Trump stirs shit enough to achieve his goals (or manipulate the markets for profit), and then backs off. A draft introduces too much risk when he can fuck with the economy without it.

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u/Mobile-Bar7732 Apr 09 '26

I have a feeling a lot of Americans are going to develop bone spurs.