So, is conscription out of the question?

[Aviation Pro]

No, it is not.

[Eugene]

1. Absolutely not! Project 2025 calls for mandatory military service.

Pete Hegseth needs all the masculine Christian holy warrior boys he can get for the coming crusade.

[Buckeyeblue]

3. That won't go well. People will go crazy.

[Emile]

7. The cowards may even claim they have bone spurs.

[Dave Bowman]

26. Ha! Good one. 😆

[Rebl2]

16. That won't

go over with some maga people too

[SocialDemocrat61]

9. These guys will make great soldiers lol

[magicarpet]

2. Pete Hogsbreath says,.... and the girls can peal thems potatas,...

... and wash thems dishes.

[Ms. Toad]

4. It would have to be authorized by Congress.

Let's not borrow trouble.

[LisaL]

5. I don't think Trump cares one bit about things needing to be

authorized by Congress.

[Ms. Toad]

6. He can not care so he wants.

It isn't happening until authorized by Congress.

[Eugene]

17. Trump can declare a state of emergency and dare Congress and the courts to stop him.

MF47 is well into boundary-pushing phase of authoritarian attempt.
He will try whatever he thinks he can get away with.

[Ms. Toad]

21. He may try, but it can't be done without congressional authorization.

And something that disrupts the lives of so many people would be challenged as quickly as his attempt to redefine birthright citizenship, or pausing federal funding.

Not to mention, the current military is not set up to immediately mobilize to train all those conscripted.

[Baron2024]

32. I Believe You Are Right

He will just ignore the law, probably declare martial law, throw out Posse Comitatus, suspend the Constitution, and use the military to crack down on the American public. Dark times.

[tritsofme]

8. There is no constituency for it except in extreme emergencies.

Voters hate it, the military hates it. It’s not going to happen.

[Renew Deal]

10. Unless there is an extreme emergency

Like China taking over Greenland

[dutch777]

11. Given recruitment shortfalls of late, may have become an issue anyway. Problem is, fewer and fewer...

...19 year olds have the education and the physical requirements the military needs. A good economy is always a head wind for recruitment but the pool to draw from is just demographically getting smaller as well.

[Aviation Pro]

13. That's where they get to finagle with the upper age limit

Also, drawing a retirement? Involuntary recall.

[Kingofalldems]

12. So Barron will be drafted?

Well of course not.

The rich will be given an out somehow.

[StarryNite]

15. He probably inherited his father's bone spurs.

[Dave Bowman]

31. On top of several other traits, I'm afraid.

[Celerity]

18. He is too tall (6' 9"). 6' 8" is the max height for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force (6' 6" max for the Marines).

[Kingofalldems]

19. 6'7" says USA Today.

I would bet the 6'9" business has everything to do with keeping him out of the service.

[Celerity]

20. And some say 6-9. I wager he is now closer to 6-9 than 6-7, but whatever his height, he is not get drafted.

[Aviation Pro]

22. David Robinson honored his commitment after graduating from USNA

And he’s 7’0”.

[Celerity]

23. Yes, but he grew to over the limit after he was initially accepted.

[Xolodno]

24. Court challenges galore with Conscientious Objectors.

And this isn't the Vietnam era where most who avoided the draft fled to Canada. They will flee to Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia, etc. It will also create a huge brain drain on the country.

Not to mention, it will tank morale, hard. First shots in a fire fight, many will flee or disobey orders.

They are throwing shit against the wall because "it feels right with their gut". But have no comprehension how many other problems it will ultimately create.

Personally, I think they have no clue that they are downgrading our military and setting us up for a large overseas terrorist attack, foreign terror attack on our own soil or worse, an invasion from a hostile country into one our allies.

[Aviation Pro]

25. That would be during "normal" conditions

We are in anything but in normal, I'd go so far as to say this is a deviant timeline.

Like your username, but I would have used Kh rather than X.

[durablend]

27. They're just fine with downgrading our military

That's Putin's goal, isn't it

[Irish_Dem]

28. Gonna need to start a draft to invade Canada, Mexico, Panama, Greenland.

[WarGamer]

29. I don't know... a lot of Americans are really excited about the ukraine War... they can go help right?

[surfered]

30. I was no fortunate son...

[Dave Bowman]

33. Great song!