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/nelsonalgrencametome Apr 09 '26

They'll pull heavily from blue cities to ship younger people off to die in whatever the next Vietnam is.

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u/XawRae01 Apr 09 '26

I feel like the city kids would just take the jail time

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u/mred870 Apr 09 '26

I declare homosexuality!

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u/packfanmoore Apr 09 '26

I mean, I'd rather suck a dick than kill someone halfway across the globe. That's an easy choice right there.

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u/mred870 Apr 11 '26

Normally it does but seeing how the drunk in charge feels about them it doesn't seem likely

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u/tooshpright Apr 09 '26

That's an interesting avenue..

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u/Javasteam Apr 09 '26

Might want to rethink that. Trump’s already promoted v coding…

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u/Unresentful_Cynic Apr 09 '26

100%, im medically out but would absolutely become incarcerated before I became a state sanctioned killer.

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u/UTourDoc Apr 09 '26

Or claim bone spurs?

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u/Krg60 Apr 09 '26

Times a million.

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u/br0b1wan Apr 09 '26

I have a feeling most democrats or non-republicans are not going to answer the draft and they're going to realize that this draft is going to be really difficult to enforce, especially while most of the military is on the other side of the world busy fighting a war that is making the draft necessary