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In a stunning admission, Leavitt told Bartiromo that mandatory conscription – not seen since the Vietnam War – had not been ruled out by her boss.

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[–] DarkGamer@fedia.io 16 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

A draft would ensure an entire generation never votes Republican again.

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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If he tries to do this and gets the information needed from databrokers and social media companies along with leaked data from DOGE's info theft...

And if there is no drive for privacy laws that crush those same companies then I will simply lose all hope.

Edit: also in the same way that the UK is demanding that every country follow their dumbass law, they need to try to force that privacy law back. India, China, the UAE, they be forced to comply or eat shit.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 14 points 3 weeks ago

The scariest demographic group for Dictators is military age males, which can be corraled and turned into a rebel army. So it's important to gain control of them first, and putting them into the military to spread out across the globe, is a perfect solution.

[–] zenitsu@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago

Send all the magatards

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

lol try it motherfucker.

I'm old AF and already lived my life. Those fuckers will literally have to kill me to take you kids.

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[–] MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

"It's not a war."

"The war will be over in a few days."

"Maybe...conscription?"

Either they have no idea what they are doing or they are just plain evil. There is no middle ground.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

“Mothers out there are worried that we’re going to have a draft, that they’re going to see their sons and daughters get involved in this,” said Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo, speaking with Leavitt Sunday. “What do you want to say about the president’s plans for troops on the ground? As we know, it’s been largely an air campaign up until now.”

“It has been, and it will continue to be, and President Trump wisely does not remove options off of the table,” Leavitt said.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

“It has been, and it will continue to be, and President Trump wisely does not remove options off of the table,” Leavitt said.

Newspeak for “We don’t have a clue what the moron will do next, so ‘The lord moves in mysterious ways…’”

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Fox: "It's not a war!"

Trump: "It's a war."

[–] kittykillinit@lemy.lol 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Lol. I dare them to make me fight for Israel.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago
[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

captain bone spurs wants conscription; that’s rich

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why on earth would the US government risk a public outrage when they can just keep the system as it is and have poor people enlist for money?

[–] FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Probably because they're planning to start more wars than they have bodies of poor people to cover

Plus, if raping children doesn't generate enough public outrage to create consequences, they know they have a green light to say or do anything they want

[–] Eryn6844@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 weeks ago

sorry kiddo you are going to be too busy fighting a war at home if you do this.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Sadly, we all have "bone spurs", sorry my guy

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