https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3047939/house-passes-draft-registration-amid-recruitment-crisis/The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Friday that automatically registers 18 to 26-year-old men for selective service as part of the annual National Defense Authorization Act.The NDAA authorized $895.2 billion in military spending, an increase of $9 billion from fiscal 2024. The largest-ever military pay raise in history was also included, with almost a 20% increase for junior enlisted troops and a 4.5% increase for others.All U.S. male citizens must register for selective service when they turn 18. Failing to do so is classified as a felony.The bill is timely for two reasons. The wars in Israel and Ukraine, coupled with perpetual threats from China and Russia, have created an unpredictable global order. President Joe Biden’s lack of resolve and flawed foreign policy are putting young people’s lives in ever-increasing danger. Military recruitment is also down a disturbing degree. The percentage of active military members has decreased by almost 40% since 1987. More than half of adults under 30 currently hold a negative view of the military. Shockingly, white liberals are the least likely group to volunteer for service. The anti-American rhetoric that’s ubiquitous in our academic institutions and leftist culture is to blame for this national tragedy. The far Left has convinced far too many young people that America isn’t worth fighting for, that our missteps far outweigh our accomplishments, and that allegiance to your own country somehow correlates with historical ignorance. This disingenuous rhetoric is both flat-out wrong and manifestly disastrous. It should be no surprise that recruitment numbers are down. In recent years, you couldn’t even stand for the national anthem without being attacked for moral ineptitude.
The U.S. Air Force selects officers through a gender and race-based quota system. Under Biden, the military started releasing advertisements in 2021 that emphasized diversity and individualism in an attempt to recruit more young people.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) fell into this leftist trap Friday when he criticized the bill by saying, “Unsurprisingly, the legislation coming out of the House today is loaded with anti-LGBTQ, anti-choice, anti-environment, and other divisive amendments guaranteed not to pass the Senate.”Combine this nonsensical narrative with the U.S. Department of Defense reporting that only 23% of young people between the ages of 17 and 24 would even qualify to join the military due to health and drug problems, and it’s clear that we have a domestically existential problem on our hands. Unsurprisingly, recruiting has remained relatively strong in the South and Midwest and has disproportionately wavered on either coast. Though it’s increasingly rare to find young people willing to sacrifice themselves for our country, there are still many of us who will fight for those who won’t.
>>1305007They won't hear about this
Conscription has always existed in the U.S., every male ages 18-26 is required to register for it. All this bill did is automate the registration process.
>>1305058It tightens regulations around the draft for civilians and makes women eligible to be drafted.
>>1305058I kinda agree here, all it did was make the existing process more efficient >>1305064Gender equality. How progressive of these Republicans. I agree this was a much needed change. If everyone is equal under the eyes of the law and protected from discrimination I don't see how compulsory military service should be any different
>>1305007Now if only they'd do the same thing for taxes. "We know how much you owe, but you're going to have to figure it out yourself and you better be right." is a terrible system that only benefits tax preparation companies.
>>1305064Great. Let the women join the front lines so their legs will be blown off or maybe have their heads blasted away so chinks in a shitty rural village on the other side of the world can make soup out of their blood.
>>1305119>women in the IDF: combat rolesGreat. Now get your ass to that recruitment office, or those women will laugh at you. Will you claim you have bone spurs when you get the call...?!
>>1305121>Will you claim you have bone spurs when you get the call...?!I'm going for top tier fragging clips that you'll see flood social media if they actually do this
I find it absolutely amazing in the year of our lord 2024 that the feminists and equal rights people aren't protesting women's exclusion from the revamped SS sign up processIt's almost as if women's inclusion would spark discussions about why we haven't abolished impromptu compulsory military industrial complex servitude.
>>1305121It literally doesn’t allow women in the draft. That part was excluded
This is just proof that Trump is going to start a war.
>>1305177There are republicans in congress right now who are angry that we aren't already at war with Iran.
>>1305185Exactly, the Republicans are warmongers who want to start WW3.
Crazy how they can automate registration for selective service, but automating registration to vote is a bridge too far
>>1305008>Though it’s increasingly rare to find young people willing to sacrifice themselves for our country, there are still many of us who will fight for those who won’t.Ukraine. They want young people to sacrifice themselves for Ukraine.No step on snaek
