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usaf-vet

(7,757 posts)
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 06:00 AM Friday

Here is a IDEA re-implement the draft. A drafted Department of War!

Before you decide, I'm crazy!!!

STOP AND THINK. about your family and what that would mean for ALL 18-35-year-olds.

STOP AND THINK. Why has it never been brought back since Vietnam? That was my time to serve, 1965-1969.

STOP AND THINK. WHY DO THEY WANT AN ALL-VOLUNTEER military? It grants them the political edge to say... , BUT IT IS AN ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE!

STOP AND THINK. Recent numbers suggest that historically, only 1% of the population has served in the military.

STOP AND THINK about how they are going to put boots on the ground across the entire "Western Hemisphere": Greenland, Canada, America, Mexico, Cuba, South America (all of it).
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PuraVidaDreamin

(4,459 posts)
1. At least start LOUDLY vocalizing that this is his plan.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 06:30 AM
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There's no way he can implement taking over the entire hemisphere without one.

FalloutShelter

(14,190 posts)
4. I've been thinking about this too...
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 08:47 AM
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Here’s my take-
The third rail of politics is not SS, it is actually a military draft. One whiff of a draft will automatically peel off service age men from MAGA.

So- Dems should push this: Any military action… globally or in the USA, ANY MILITARY ACTION TAKEN
whether by Presidential whim or agreed upon BY Congress, automatically triggers a draft nation wide.

In such a case… the minute the Marines were sent to LA? DRAFT
Blow up a drug boat? DRAFT

Any administration would certainly think more than twice before they crossed that line.

JMHO

usaf-vet

(7,757 posts)
8. EXACTLY. The public outcry during Vietnam clearly told the politicians NO MORE DRAFTS. And they heard it!
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 10:29 AM
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quaint

(4,670 posts)
5. Is this why suddenly women are not *useful* in the military?
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:03 AM
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So that can draft boys again without the troublesome need to draft girls?

doc03

(38,841 posts)
6. I believe creating a military draft and a national youth corps is
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:22 AM
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part of the Project 2025 plan.

usaf-vet

(7,757 posts)
7. I believe the reality is that trying to start a draft would be the final straw. EVERY family member would be in......
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 10:25 AM
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..... the streets SAYING NOT WITH MY LOVED ONES.

No one wants to send their family members off to fight a war for oil and the further enrichment of billionaires.

In my opinion, the ONLY thing that would make a draft possible is IF WE WERE UNDER ATTACK FROM HOSTILE FORCES within our national boundaries. With guns, bombs, missiles, and other weapons of war.

NOT "drug boats" in international waters, MAYBE carrying drugs, MAYBE headed to our shores and not European destinations.

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