Posted on 01/12/2025 1:09:01 PM PST by marcusmaximus
Donald Trump's incoming national security advisor Mike Waltz suggested during an interview on ABC's "This Week" that if Ukraine expects "the entire world to be all-in" on supporting them, they should lower their draft age from 26 to 18.
MIKE WALTZ: I will say, the other thing that we're going to need to see is really stabilizing things on the battlefield. And one of the things that we'll be asking of the Ukrainians is they have real manpower issues. Their draft age right now is 26 years old, not 18.
I don't think a lot of people realize that they could generate hundreds of thousands of new soldiers. So when we hear about morale problems, when we hear about issues on the frontline, look, if the Ukrainians have asked the entire world to be all in for democracy, we need them to be all in for democracy. And they certainly have fought bravely. They certainly have taken a very noble and tough stand. But we need to see those manpower shortages addressed. This isn't just about munitions, ammunition, or writing more checks. It's about seeing the frontlines stabilized, so that we can enter into some type of deal.
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They are fine with killing your youth but not their own. About time they got called out!
Sicko Walz has the bloodlust. They aren’t killing their young fast enough for his taste.
The ONLY thing in this war I have approved of, is not slaughtering kids who were 9 years old when the Maidan putsch happened. Old idiots created this war... let them fight it.
Nothing is more unseemly than some old geezer on the other side of the earth demanding that 18 year olds be sent to the eastern front to die.
Sick M-Effer....
The war should end, not perpetuate
Lower the Ukrainian draft age? That’s not important. Freeze the armies exactly where they are now. That’s what’s important. No more fighting. No more killing. No more Christians butchering Christians. A truce, now.
That’s what everyone of good will should be calling for. That’s Job One. Put a truce in place. Now.
Then let Trump 2.0 sort everything out. Let him propose a settlement that each side can accept, even if reluctantly.
Happiness is a full Sock.
Hell, an 18 year old could have been a kiddo that was 7 years old when Azov and Right Sector took over Kiev. Now they want to kill them too.
They didn’t cause this.
I hope this is just Trump trolling Putin. Sometimes I wonder about the man.
Both you and Mike Walz are sick freaks. I hope Walz isn't confirmed.
I’m not interested in supporting Ukraine AT ALL, no matter what their stupid draft age is.
Art of the Deal unfolding observable to those paying attention. And if Ukraine says no? Critical thinking isn't a crime, yet.
the united states should lower their drinking age standards to match their military age draft standards...
if you’re adult enough to die or lose a limb for your country you’re adult enough to consume alcoholic beverages...
What’s your problem? It is exactly what the US and other 1st World countries have done during wartime.
If Ukrainr can’t handle normal war draft expectations, we shouldn’t fund a dang thing for them.
The war would have long been over, for both sides, if not for the tens of billions in funding feeding it. It would never have started except for Biden/Harris meddling.
Put the blame where it belongs.
So what? Trump and Putin will meet and end this Ukraine/NATO nonsense once and for all. These underling noises serve to occupy the time and attention of the neocon dullard types while the peace making goes on. They’ll be no need to lower the draft age after Trump brings the Globohomo madness to an end.
Did Taiwan get the memo?
Trump better stick to his word to end this. If he doesn’t, he will be forever labeled as lying to get elected.
This Walz staement is unacceptable.
Anyone who thinks Ukraine should be allowed to join NATO is perfectly insane. Does anyone even look at a map anymore? Kiev is around 469 miles due south of Moscow. So the West really wants to re-define the meaning of the word “incursion”, is that it? And it only works one-way? Zelensky belongs in GTMO.
Isn't this standard Neocon policy?
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