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[–] 49 points 5 months ago (14 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/

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago (10 children)

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

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (9 children)

    It will now be automatic with no choice to refuse

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months 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.

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