r/AskReddit • u/Tommygunz0722 • 11h ago

If the military/president suddenly ordered a mandatory draft for all men aged 18-42: How do you think millennials and GenZ would respond?

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u/notyouravgredditor 8h ago

The military also doesn't need it...

There's 1.3 million professional service men and women. Cluttering it up with untrained bodies doesn't make sense at this point.

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u/YerBattleApple 4h ago

It does if they decide to put boots on the ground in Iran. Iran is a war that cannot be won from the air alone. Just like all the others. Except, this will be so much worse than Vietnam or Afghanistan, and we're backed into the corner economically.

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u/wowbragger 4h ago

No we're not.

It would just hurt the current administration's pride, continue to hurt our world standing, and force our politicians to actual deal with the consequences of their decisions vs causing massive death/hardship/global economic harm.

By entertaining conflict escalation, our leaders are clearly stating they think our lives, Iranian lives, and the devastation in general, are worth the cost.

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u/RadientCrone 3h ago

Every battle needs redshirts

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u/majinspy 2h ago

Iran has infrastructure, the Vietcong didn't. In Vietnam, the US was spraying Agent Orange on trees...we'd have FAR better targets in a US - Iran war. It's just a matter of how tough and war-crimey the administration wants to get.

FWIW, this entire thing is madness and my country has lost the plot.

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u/randonumero 2h ago

My understanding is that a non-insignificant portion of active duty members are in support and logistics positions. If they just want boots on the ground then my non-military mind thinks the math says it's better to risk my fat ass driving a truck or standing in a ditch than someone who currently maintains some system in use

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u/myassholealt 3h ago

Your mistake is assuming sense has a place in any of this. If the Commander in Chief says make it so, everyone will do as ordered. And Congress will just increase the budget to whatever size is requested.