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[–] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I'm totally unrelated news, several months ago the US stated they will start automatic draft registration in December 2026 and earlier this month Israel said they are having an issue conscripting enough people to fight in the military.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/09/politics/us-military-draft-registration-2026

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-warns-of-major-personnel-shortages-last-window-to-solve-crisis-with-legislation/

[–] Varpeggio@lemmy.zip 13 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Didn’t men age 18 have to manually enroll in selective service anyways? I know I had to.

[–] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 2 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

It will now be automatic with no choice to refuse

[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 hour ago

To be fair refusing was basically a non option prior too.

[–] Varpeggio@lemmy.zip 6 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Why didn’t anybody tell me I had a choice to refuse :( no matter, I outside the selection range (for now).

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I think you can't get a license or register to vote or something.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

You could always refuse. It just carried enough penalties to ruin your life if you did.

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

Tbf this is mostly just a change in paperwork procedure, it was already required for all males of 18 years to register for the draft. They couldn't actually use it even if they wanted to, one way or another. Nobody would show up, or vanishingly few fools would.

[–] aGenitalBreeze@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Please draft me and give me access to munitions lmfao

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Sometimes the real journalism is found in the comments.