They gonna run to Canada. They old Vietnam war trick.
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Did I miss some news (which is entirely possible) about a draft, or is this just Lemmy being dramatic again?
Lemmy is being dramatic. Not that it's impossible, but the US will recall all the recent eas'd active duty members first. It will have to be a drawn out war before they start talking about enstating the draft.
If you haven't heard about vets getting recalled then the draft isn't anywhere near close to an idea. Why train new people when you can recall already trained ones?
There's a lot of assumptions going on here. First of all, historically 26 wasn't the maximum for the draft but 40, but secondly there's really no rules for a draft. A draft is already so much of an encroachment on one's human rights and legal rights that all bets are off should one be declared. Sure there'll be court orders and legal battles over it but we've seen how that goes already with the current administration, they'll simply delay and ignore while shuffling as many humans out of reach as possible until they can't anymore.
Best thing any of us can do is simply hope for the best. My personal hopes are, in order of declining positivity:
- There is no draft
- I'm either too old or too autistic to be drafted
- I can go back to college to be ineligible to be drafted
- I can find myself a non-combat role given my technical expertise
- Whatever happens happens and I'll figure out how to survive and thrive like I have every other challenge that's come my way in life
There's really no other planning for such an eventuality. There's too many unknowns you can plan for, and while I'm seeing plenty of folks talking about fragging, taking drugs or establishing a false history of drug abuse, transitioning, etc. the fact is there's no telling what will happen nor what the legal landscape will look like
Brb, getting an autism diagnosis from my doctor
This (googles estradiol valerate) ...GAL knows whats up.
What are you, a cop? Anyone who is actually planning to dodge shouldn’t be posting their ideas publicly.
I mean it's literally as simple as claiming your trans. Trump was legit pissed at Hegsath cuz somehow Trump is smarter than him and knew people would do that if Hegsath banned trans people from the military.
Being trans only bars you from service if you’re actively undergoing treatment (like HRT). So no, it isn’t as “simple” as you make it sound.
Heritage Foundation is working on making HRT illegal.
Thank you for putting this all in one place!
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Itd be really funny if a natiomal epidemic of bonespurs happened
Itd also be really funny if a national epidemic of boners happened
But less funny if a national epidemic of bonerspurs happened
Enlistment in the Coast Guard would skyrocket. Maybe even the Space Force.
Just act gay or trans and come into the recruiter wearing a Mexican flag.
Welcome to the Penal Legion
I’m pretty sure sure I don’t qualify. I have ADHD, Tourette’s, and I think I’m autistic. Not to mention that I may or may not be trans (I’ve considered it but I’m not really sure) and I think with all of those combined I would not be allowed
You know during the vietnam war a hegseth chud by the name of Robert McNamara specifially chose people who were developmentally disabled for the draft. Many of them died and he thought it was a good thing. My son is autistic and I fell like this is something these evil pricks will do without hesitation.
Yeah...... As someone who grew up on military bases, mental ailments do not exclude you from the service.
German here, so provably not applicable as it was 17 years ago (jeez) and a climate when they were just getting rid of it (only to reintroduce it again this year)
I avoided “Wehrdienst” by rolling in hungover with sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt, botching their written test and telling them how much I enjoy going to leftist demonstrations and how I can't wait to hold a weapon in my hand.
I think they don't enjoy the idea of arming and training leftists.
I took inspiration from Arlo Guthrie and I pre-emptively got a fine for littering so I have a criminal record and thus would be rejected.
When the US goes to war the recruitment waivers get really liberal. I think the only thing that's automatically disqualifying are serious violent felonies and cases involving sexual assault.
Yeah but was it all documented by twenty-seven 8x10 color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one?
Won't matter; justice is blind.
never felt so lucky to have a T4-L4 spinal fusion & epilepsy
Thank the lord for your knackered spine and frothing at the mouth! I thought I was lucky cos my disability means I very occasionally don't have to stand in a queue
Not to break anyone's spirits but I find it funny many of you believe your age, sexual orientation, health issues, etc., will matter to people like this. If they want you they are going to try to send you. These people don't seem to care about many laws so what's stopping them from sticking their most disliked groups straight to battle?
Yeah, people don’t realize that Project 100k was a thing during the last draft. You think Forrest and Bubba made it through boot camp on their own? No, they were part of Project 100k.
You think your autism is going to get you out of the draft? Have you ever met a marine? They’re all on the fucking spectrum. And if your autism is too noticeable, they’ll fast-track you straight to the front lines.
Also known as McNamara's Morons
That seems a bit on the nose
Not of age, I got through the "draft period" during GWB. The US probably won't have a draft, mainly because we have a sizeable "volunteer" military.
However, if I was drafted, I would talk to my draft board about how I've read books about fragging, and how all I can think about is how powerful that is, for one man with one weapon on the inside to destroy or disrupt the chain of command. Then do your best Private Pyle "Seven Six Two millimeter. Full Metal jacket!" imitation. The military doesn't care about sending untrained and unqualified conscripts into an active war, but I doubt they will take someone who seems to have uncontrollable fantasies about shooting their own officer.
Didn't vietnam have an extremely high rate of officer friendly fire casualties? I thought this was actually a major component of ending the draft.
Take an opiate before I go in and nod out in the line or seat or interview or whatever.
Also talk about how you've had to be on the opiates to come to terms with figuring out that you might be a different gender.
Boom. No war for you.
(I'm not really conscription age)
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