White House pressing Ukraine to draft 18-year-olds so they have enough troops to battle Russia
White House pressing Ukraine to draft 18-year-olds so they have enough troops to battle Russia
President Joe Biden’s administration is urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the conscription of troops as young as 18.
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I admit I'm super surprised that the conscription age is 25.
Drafts are barbaric.
We shouldn't accept this shit at any age in any country.
If we all just fucking stopped doing the dirty work of warmongers we would no longer have wars.
The warmonger is the one invading Ukraine.
If the russian civilans followed this rule there would be no aggressors.
Lol nvm you're right, forcing 18 year olds to kill people against their will is totally a good guy move
Lmao you people are brainwashed psychopaths.
Russian civilians are being conscripted. As are prisoners. As are North Koreans. As are Houthis. What would your solution be, just let those armies take over Ukraine?
The solution is for everyone to reject war.
Making excuses to kill like in Ukraine is not any more just than any other excuse to kill.
If we want the US to stay in control of the world then it's necessary to fight Russia, but it's not necessary for amy of them to die
The solution is for everyone to reject war.
Aw shucks, is that all it takes? How'd we overlook that?? We'll get cracking on that right away.
In the meanwhile it makes sense for a country being invaded to do whatever it can for self preservation, especially in a defensive manner.
The Russians are at their doorstep with guns. You can't just sit there saying "I don't have a fight with you" and expect them to peacefully leave. They've already shot your neighbours. The choice is not yours. You either fight or you die.
The choice isn't yours when there's a draft. If it's so noble to die defending your state (not people, state) then it should be no problem getting enough volunteers.
Forcing people to fight for their government is wrong. Maybe some are ok with surrender over risking their life, maybe some are staunch pacifists, maybe some feel their lives won't change very much under new leadership and would prefer to live.
Sending teens into a bloodbath by force isn't good no matter how you try to spin it. Yes the alternative might be losing, but that is their choice.
You should go fight, they're accepting foreign volunteers. You go do what you're asking these children to do. It's the right thing, isn't it?
Same bullshit Kremlin copy pasta. Russia is the only country to blame for their imperialistic war, where they are murdering Ukrainians and stealing their land.
Do you support Russia?
Yes everyone you don't like is a Russian agent.
You haven't answered why you aren't going to go fight
Maybe we'll meet on the battlefield ;)
They didn't say Russia wasn't to blame, or that what Russia is doing is justified. They said - and I happen to agree - that conscription is always wrong. No one should, under any circumstance, be compelled by force to fight and die for their state or for any other reason. The choice to risk one's own life for a cause - even a cause of defense - is your choice alone.
Should young Ukrainians volunteer to defend their independence? Probably, but that's up to them, or at least it should be.
there's no room for this kind of nuance in this community, it's a bunch of what I can only describe as rabid liberals.
oh I must be a Trump supporting Russia man for saying that.
It's funny how they're all choosing to ignore that they can go fight in Ukraine right now. I wonder why they aren't?
It's ok to order 18 year olds to do it for them though because "that's what's right."
Yeah, easy for them to say.
I wonder where they'll draw the line. By the same arguments we should be drafting women and children old enough to hold a gun.
They should all fight and die for their country shouldn't they? Everyone owes their life to the arbitrary governing body of the region they were born in. They own you and should be able to send you to your death. How liberal.
Ok lol you go enlist then if you're so comitted.
In fact if you support a draft we should force you to enlist against your will
Same old bullshit copy pasta from the Kremlin.
How do you not understand that Russia has invaded their country and is murdering them and stealing their land?
If someone broke into your house and was about to shoot you and your teenage daughter and wife were in the other room would you be like "yeah I don't believe in violence"? What good would that do?
Yes the state you were born in is your family and you must defend them like your daughter.
The political body that happened to be in control by force of the territory where your parents fucked owns your soul and can send you to your death when you have barely finished puberty and aren't even done developing your brain.
The arbitrary social construct of "the state" is a higher form of power that not only can (in the ability sense) but morally must order children to die to defend itself.
Anyone trying to take their family and leave the warzone is a criminal and must be killed. That land must be defended, those politicians have graciously let you live for too long.
You go fight and die in Ukraine, if enough of you did they wouldn't be sending their kids. You go and do it, I'll pay for your plane ticket.
How exactly do you propose we get everyone to reject war?
Because Ukrainians in general didn't want the war to begin with.
education is what makes people not fall for dumb war propaganda
Congratulations, you won the Miss Universe title with winning phrase "I want the peace in the world".
"Dumb war propaganda"
You do realize Russia made the decision to invade the land of Ukrainian people, right?
What do you think happens if Ukraine doesn't fight back?
How do you propose we achieve that solution, then? We do not live in a post-scarcity world, so there will always be someone who wants what their neighbor has.
We do live in a post scarcity world. All scarcity is artificial.
Welcome to reality.
That being said education is what makes people not fall for dumb war propaganda
All scarcity is artificial.
Everyone hear that? There is no such thing as a rare Earth metal. They just made that stuff up. You can find rhodium anywhere. Just pick up a rock- rhodium.
Or you'd all be drafted into the military of the conquering country that was the last holdout for not drafting its people.
Yeah i don't make excuses to kill people who i have no problem with.
Maybe you should send your children against their will to fight for the profits of arms manufacturers?
You are obviously completely ignorant of Russian and Soviet history. Look what they have already done previously in countries they invaded in their imperialist conquest of eastern Europe.
You think a draft would be bad to fight back invaders in your country? Wait until you get conscripted by that country who was invading you.
The Ukrainians aren't fighting for the profits of arms manufacturers. They're fighting for their lives and the existence of their country and culture. The Russians are an existential threat to Ukraine. What do you think is going to happen if young Ukrainians don't fight? The Russians are just gonna go "fair enough" and go home? You're an idiot if you think that's even an option.
Every war since the 70s have been for the profits of arms manufacturers
True, but if the random Russian conscript stopped doing Putin's dirty work, he would be shot. That's a pretty good motivator.