alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前Zelenskyy fires recruitment officials for accepting $10,000 bribes to help Ukrainian men dodge the draft: 'bribery during war is treason'www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square74linkfedilinkarrow-up1967arrow-down136
arrow-up1931arrow-down1external-linkZelenskyy fires recruitment officials for accepting $10,000 bribes to help Ukrainian men dodge the draft: 'bribery during war is treason'www.businessinsider.comalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前message-square74linkfedilink
minus-squaresoviettaters@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down11·2 年前Dude, Ukraine was invaded. The last time the US has had to use a draft for circumstances like this was the Civil War, and everyone now thinks it was warranted then.
minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down5·2 年前 The last time the US has had to use a draft for circumstances like this was the Civil War Didn’t teach history in your school? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States
minus-squaremipadaitu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-22 年前You missed the “for circumstances like this” part. There were certainly other uses of the draft for other circumstances that are looked at poorly. WWI and WWII didn’t have a direct US invasion, and we’re also looked at positively, but is out of the scope of the discussion.
Dude, Ukraine was invaded. The last time the US has had to use a draft for circumstances like this was the Civil War, and everyone now thinks it was warranted then.
Didn’t teach history in your school?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States
You missed the “for circumstances like this” part. There were certainly other uses of the draft for other circumstances that are looked at poorly.
WWI and WWII didn’t have a direct US invasion, and we’re also looked at positively, but is out of the scope of the discussion.