Worried about my son being drafted

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If WWIII comes, it will be a national effort. Everyone will be serving in some capacity. My dad was too young for WWII, so he gathered scrap metal as a child in the neighborhood to support the war effort. My grandfather was too old to serve in WWII, but he ended up taking a job at Dupont for the duration of the war and lived apart from his family. My grandmother had to make due with the government rations of food and make meals for two children.

For all of you rich DCUM folks, it's time to start buying your war bonds and attending charity balls to support the troops.

Charity balls don't support the troops and how many years have you served?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is Canada 🇨🇦 , there is the EU 🇪🇺 . Honestly, with economy, there is not a whole lot of reasons that a young person would want to stay .

Good luck getting there.

Neither of those places wants American immigrants. It would be easier to dodge the draft than successfully immigrate.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, a draft might be the best thing for some of these boys. Get them some conditioning and discipline, and away from their video games.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:What’s happening? I don’t follow the news or politics, to keep sanity.

You spend your time on the internet on DCUM to keep your sanity?

Yes..I just avoid politics & current events completely.

Ugh. That’s how we ended up in this mess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, a draft might be the best thing for some of these boys. Get them some conditioning and discipline, and away from their video games.

There’s the dying part though so . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, a draft might be the best thing for some of these boys. Get them some conditioning and discipline, and away from their video games.

There’s the dying part though so . . .

It’s fair. That’s the only way to get people invested enough in who they vote for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:many countries require active military training for everyone, it probably would give a good perspective to everyone

This. The Swiss/Singapore model.

Conscientious objectors could get assigned as medics or in other non-combatant roles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even if he were to be hypothetically drafted…

1) it would grow him a spine
2) you unfortunately couldn’t be drafted with him so maybe he could Learn to advocate
3) it would launch him into a career - only 1:3 jobs in the military are actually offensive / weapons system related so he could instead pursue medical, administrative or dozens of other enlisted personnel categories that would never see active combat

Your fear of being drafted has reduced your family’s plight to that which was so eloquently described by Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men.

I don't want my son killing people on Israel's behalf. Let Israel fight their own wars with their own sons and daughters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All kids (boys and girls) should be drafted for mandatory civil or military service after HS. Maybe then their parents would vote for leadership that doesn't start wars.

Ok. How about those of us that didn’t vote for Trump and have kids at “woke elite” colleges- don’t have to go? No draft for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, a draft might be the best thing for some of these boys. Get them some conditioning and discipline, and away from their video games.

Stupid post of the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, a draft might be the best thing for some of these boys. Get them some conditioning and discipline, and away from their video games.

Stupid post of the day.

+1 PP can sign up their kids first. The rest of us want our kids alive.

[Anonymous]

Anyone worried about a draft is a certified moron... The US has enough troops to fight on multiple fronts and dominate. Unless we end up fighting China, you have nothing to worry about. If we are fighting China, there will be greater concerns than the draft - nukes for instance.

[Anonymous]

I've seen some pretty WWI rhetoric of people talking about how good a war would be for the younger generations. It's pretty chilling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just don't register yet. They have until they are 26 before there are real penalties, in reality (unless you need fed. fin. aid for college, then you are stuck).

I would wait till this insane admin is out of power/

In VA, it’s automatic if they have a permit or license. They don’t have to register. Many states do it that way now.

But really, don’t worry about this. A draft will never happen now. You should see what it is like working with teens. They won’t take the ones who won’t want to be there. It’s impossible to get them to do anything they don’t want to do and you think they would go and actually fight for our country? Many wouldn’t. - hs teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even if he were to be hypothetically drafted…

1) it would grow him a spine
2) you unfortunately couldn’t be drafted with him so maybe he could Learn to advocate
3) it would launch him into a career - only 1:3 jobs in the military are actually offensive / weapons system related so he could instead pursue medical, administrative or dozens of other enlisted personnel categories that would never see active combat

Your fear of being drafted has reduced your family’s plight to that which was so eloquently described by Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men.

You are an idiot.

I know three people whose sons died fighting in Ukraine after being drafted. I have one friend whose son did not die, but he obsessively repeats that it would have been better if he did, because he lost both arms and one leg.

War is terrible, and we are in a new era of war.

If my son were in the draftable age range, I would do whatever it takes to keep him undraftable.