"The Israeli army is facing its biggest refusal crisis in decades" by Meron Rapoport for +972 Magazine, April 11, 2025 https://www.972mag.com/israeli-army-refusal-crisis-gaza-war/
Good, nuanced reporting.
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Debates Rise Over Bringing Back Conscription
Berlin considers reviving mandatory service as troop targets rise to 203K by 2031.
Bundeswehr lacks infrastructure, trainers, & systems for conscription.
58% of Germans support it, but 61% of youth (18–29) oppose.
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#Crimean Tatars also face routine police raids, #surveillance, and forced #conscription into the #Russian army. Their cultural and religious identity is under constant #attack. And this is nothing new – #Tatars were targeted and forcefully #deported already during the 40s.
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@TonyStark I really wished #billionaires would be #conscripted as #firefighters, but I can tell you why #conscription is a shitty idea espechally with #firefighting, because one cannot rely on forcibly recruited personnel!
- As a former firefighter I can attest you that this is the reason why #Musk would not even pass basic training: He'd be fired for being an antisocial asshole that noone wants to trust their life with...
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@noelreports The reasons Ukraine hasn't done so already have been explained, and even I think 18 is bit too young for compulsory conscription.
However I agree that they should lower it from the current 25 years and establish the 20-30 years range for conscription ASAP if they wish to remain independent through the coming decades and centuries.
Compulsory conscription is *never* ideal (like, say, having peaceful and sane neighbours is ideal!), but under some circumstances it is a *necessity*. Like when you have #russia across the border.
Furthermore conscription, if wisely organized, will multiply national resilience against just the type of threats Ukraine has always faced and will until unforeseeable future face again.
Ukraine Daily summary - Tuesday, December 10 2024
Ukraine won't trade young soldiers' lives for better weapons [fight smarter] -- Russian military suppliers exploit loophole to source US microchips -- SBU releases video of Sea Baby naval drones repelling Russian helicopter attack -- [podcast] When Ukraine was the third-largest nuclear power -- NATO jets intercept Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea -- and morewriteworks.ukUkraine Daily summary - Tuesday, December 10 2024Ukraine won't trade young soldiers' lives for better weapons [fight smarter] -- Russian military suppliers exploit loophole to source US microchips -- SBU releases video of Sea Baby naval drones repelling Russian helicopter attack -- [podcast] When Ukraine was the third-largest nuclear power -- NATO jets intercept Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea -- and more
There's a #mukbang joke in here somewhere
A South Korean man has been sentenced to a suspended prison term for deliberately gaining more than 20 kilograms (44 pounds) to evade a tougher role in the country’s #military #conscription system, a Seoul court said Tuesday.
#SouthKorea
https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-military-service-obese-ef793d067ceaa62037917b915fd17bf3
Going to quietly point out here that the Israeli men I saw in the videos from Amsterdam all appeared to be of an age that would make them IDF soldiers or veterans…
Ukraine Daily Summary - Saturday, October 12 2024
Ukraine braces for winter freeze amid potential Russian strikes targeting nuclear power -- Why the Baltic States fear Russia's Kaliningrad exclave -- EU demands investigation of Roshchyna's death, condemns abuses against journalists -- NATO to rethink alliance's relationship with Russia for first time in decades -- and morewriteworks.ukUkraine Daily Summary - Saturday, October 12 2024Ukraine braces for winter freeze amid potential Russian strikes targeting nuclear power -- Why the Baltic States fear Russia's Kaliningrad exclave -- EU demands investigation of Roshchyna's death, condemns abuses against journalists -- NATO to rethink alliance's relationship with Russia for first time in decades -- and more
US military draft sign-ups plunge:
As conflicts rage overseas, previously undisclosed data shows a brewing crisis in the Selective Service. Of men in the U.S. who turned 18 in 2023, fewer than 40% signed up for the draft — down from more than 60% in 2020 before the start of the war in Ukraine....
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-military-draft-2669344498/
Responsible Statecraft · US military draft sign-ups plunge in 2 years
Ukraine Daily Summary - Thursday, October 3 2024
‘Human safari:’ Kherson civilians hunted down by Russian drones -- Ukraine's military intelligence hacks Russian finance industry -- Ukraine wants UN nuclear watchdog to place foreign observers near all its nuclear plants -- Ukraine aims to increase ballistic missiles, long-range arms production in 2025 -- and more
https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Thursday,%20October%203%202024/
writeworks.ukUkraine Daily Summary - Thursday, October 3 2024‘Human safari:’ Kherson civilians hunted down by Russian drones -- Ukraine's military intelligence hacks Russian finance industry -- Ukraine wants UN nuclear watchdog to place foreign observers near all its nuclear plants -- Ukraine aims to increase ballistic missiles, long-range arms production in 2025 -- and more
Don't want to be drafted? In many states (inc. CO, CT, DC, DE, HI, IL, MN, NV, NY, RI, UT, VA) you can opt out of automatically being registered with #SelectiveService
for #military #draft #conscription by asking for “X” gender marker (instead of "M") on your driver’s license:
"Playbook for a Military Draft": Report from a military strategy think tank shows why draft registration is important even when an actual draft isn't active or likely:
https://original.antiwar.com/Edward_Hasbrouck/2024/07/07/playbook-for-a-military-draft/
Antiwar.com · Playbook for a Military Draft - Antiwar.comA new report released 18 June 2024 by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) provides a remarkably candid window into the flawed and dangerous - Edward Hasbrouck for Antiwar.com
Rep. Houlahan Fails To Justify Move Toward a Draft: My latest at Antiwar.com: https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2024/06/29/rep-houlahan-fails-to-justify-move-toward-a-draft/ #conscription #draft #SelectiveService #war
#BBCNews - #Ukraine war: #Conscription squads send #Ukrainian men into hiding
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz994d6vqe5o
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BBC NewsUkraine war: Conscription squads send Ukrainian men into hidingPublic transport, cafes and supermarkets are now off limits to men trying to avoid being enlisted.
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#ChrisMiller’s contribution to #Project2025 also advocates granting #military recruiters greater access to secondary #schools, & he’s proposed halting use of the #Defense Department’s electronic #MedicalRecords platform, which he says leads to “unnecessary delays” & “unwarranted rejections” for some people w/ disabilities or other conditions who otherwise want to serve.
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#Trump has signaled that #ChrisMiller, if there is a 2nd term, might reprise his role as #DefSec, a powerful post w/sway over the #Pentagon. Though Trump has not publicly endorsed the #HeritageFoundation doc, he did embrace many of their proposals at the outset of his 1st term.
In an interview, Miller said a #NationalService requirement would be “strongly considered.” He described it as a “rite of passage,” that would create a sense of “shared sacrifice”…
#Trump 2nd term #mandatory #military service
#ChrisMiller, Trump’s last #DefSec who led the #Pentagon during the chaotic closure of Trump’s tenure in Washington [& author of the #MillerMemo], is among a cluster of fmr admin ofcls & #GOP lawmakers who are proposing a #NationalServiceMandate & other measures as part of #Project2025, the #conservative #HeritageFoundation’s govt-wide game plan.
#conscription #draft #BidenHarris2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/10/trump-military-draft-mandatory-service/
The Washington Post · In Trump’s orbit, some muse about mandatory military service
Today in Labor History June 7, 1971: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that clothing with the words "Fuck the Draft" was protected by the First amendment. The Court overturned the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
In 1968, Kiyoshi Kuromiya designed this poster and sent orders by mail. He was arrested by the FBI and charged with sending indecent material through the Post Office. Later that year, after beating the charges, Kuromiya defied the authorities by handing out 2000 of the posters at the Chicago Democratic Convention. The photo is of Detroiter Bill Greenshields was taken at random during a 1967 March on the Pentagon and used by Kuromiya.
There has been no draft in the U.S. since 1973. Ending conscription was one of President Nixon’s campaign promises (not because he opposed conscription or imperialistic wars, but because he wanted to undermine the antiwar protest movement). However, if the U.S. and NATO continue their reckless escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, and their threat to station hundreds of thousands of troops along Russia’s entire western border, from Finland to the Balkans, the mass slaughter could rise to the scale of World War II. And this could force the U.S. and Europe to reimpose the draft, so that they are not forced to replicate Ukraine’s desperate move of sending people over the age of 50 to the front. Indeed, Germany is already considering reimposing conscription because they can’t find enough willing volunteers. https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/06/06/germany-is-thinking-about-bringing-back-conscription
