Posted on 08/09/2024 12:30:07 PM PDT by hardspunned
Conscription — a practice most Americans believe should be relegated to the dustbin of history — has returned as an uncomfortable topic of conversation among U.S. allies and adversaries alike. This has generated concern and even conspiracy theories among American voters. But a candid discussion would be healthier. The fact is, if the United States hopes to deter or defeat a Chinese attack on Taiwan, it should be prepared to effectively implement a draft. To be clear, this is a solution of last resort, but one that may be necessary.
Right now, U.S. mobilization has not been tested in decades. As a result, current ideas about how it would function are woefully out of date. Being prepared to execute a draft requires buy-in from across all branches of government — and society writ large.
At a minimum, the executive branch and Congress should actively pursue a more proactive approach. The National Security Council should take the lead on mobilization exercises. Congress should also get out ahead on expanding Selective Service System registration to all Americans between the ages of 18–25, thereby preventing future legal challenges to the current all-male registration system when time may be of the essence.
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I have finally concluded that war is an unavoidable feature of humanity. I guess I have arrived.
The fact is, if the United States hopes to deter or defeat a Chinese attack on Taiwan, it should be prepared to effectively implement a draft. To be clear, this is a solution of last resort, but one that may be necessary.
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Any politicians who support this should be prepared to face a recall election and/or lose their seat during the election cycle. That’ll be the least of their worries as rioting (and support for rioting) will be quite high.
Why wait. Just "conscript" yourself.
I, for one, am happy to die for Victoria Nuland, Anthony Blinken, and Hunter Biden.
There is no possibility of a draft, and any attempt would fail.
2-S 1968-69
1-A 1970-72
1-AH 1972-75
I have finally concluded that war is an unavoidable feature of humanity. I guess I have arrived.
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Study history.
They tend to reserve the word ‘war’ more for aggression between nation states, but if you include territorial warlords all the way down to village tribalism in that category, the times of greatest peace are experience by those who are strongest and all their neighbors know it, and is an exception, not a rule.
There is zero possibility of a US-China war over Taiwan.
never studied history. that didn’t prevent me from concluding, long ago, that “peace is a spoil of war.” as you say, a rare one.
If we need the draft, we should be conscripting the best and the brightest.
I propose we start with everyone in our prestigious Ivy League Universities and the Blood Relatives of EVERY Elected Official in this Country.
RA - 1969 - 1971
LOL.
If China invades Taiwan and my sons are conscripted to protect them, I can assure you that all three of us will be hunting down commies. But they won't be the ones in Beijing.
Nobody that I love will be conscripted as a slave to fight for the Globohomo Empire. It's not happening. That is a hill I will die on.
If the cause is Just and the people support the war action, a draft isn’t necessary.
Does this person have a pack of mice in his pocket?
Click bait drama hyperbole.
If we are “attacked” by China or Russia it would escalate faster than a fat ass Command Sergeant Major from Minnesota could roll himself over to the cabinet to pull out the plan.
Our military might recall people from the IRR, but they have no need for Gen Z malcontents.
If that happens, the war is already over.
With these politicians these days? They’d sell us off in a heartbeat.
Let the liberals/media/illegals who voted for dear uncle Joe be drafted first, leave the rest of us out of it. But you know exactly who they want to thin off...
Taren and Catherine need to march into China first.
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