• lechatron@lemmy.today
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    2 months ago

    Zelensky signed several laws on mobilization on April 2, one of which lowered the minimum age of compulsory military service from 27 to 25, making men eligible for the draft from age 25.

    The current draft age in the USA is 18-25.

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      2 months ago

      Can’t wait to hear ill-informed critics explain how evil Zelenskyy is for sending children to war

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          Yes, it’s 18 here.

          I was a bit worried when I saw the headline for that reason. I forgot the US is an outlier with being perfectly OK with sending kids to war before they can legally drink alcohol

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            It used to be that the draft age was lower than the voting age in many states. There was a constitutional amendment during the US-Vietnam War to drop the voting age to 18 because if you’re old enough to be forced to fight in a war, you’re old enough to have a say in the war.

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    As an ill-informed critic, this explains how evil Zelenskyy is for sending children to war

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    He could scoop random people off the street to die for a doomed war and you mfers would still support him.

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      He lowered the minimum age from 27 to 25. What a monster.

      It’s not like his country is at war or at risk of being invaded by one of the world’s biggest military power or anything, right?