Posted on Feb 22, 2024
Desperate for soldiers, Ukraine weighs unpopular plan to expand the draft
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee] Sgt (Join to see) Maj Kim Patterson CPL Douglas Chrysler PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT Ruben Lozada CPL LaForest Gray LCpl Craig A. Charbonneau SPC Michael Terrell SSG William Jones PO1 H Gene Lawrence Sgt (Join to see) MSgt Gloria Vance 1SG John Millan Lt Col Charlie Brown COL Mikel J. Burroughs
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee] Sgt (Join to see) Maj Kim Patterson CPL Douglas Chrysler PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT Ruben Lozada CPL LaForest Gray LCpl Craig A. Charbonneau SPC Michael Terrell SSG William Jones PO1 H Gene Lawrence Sgt (Join to see) MSgt Gloria Vance 1SG John Millan Lt Col Charlie Brown COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Desperate for soldiers, Ukraine weighs unpopular plan to expand the draft
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They are in a war for their country and it blows my mind they allow professional athletes a pass on the draft. I do not believe winning for either side is as important as dragging this out for the military industrial complex to make money.
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SPC Joseph Kopac
We gave draft deferments to certain religious faiths during Vietnam. My Catholic faith didn't matter. Draft Lottery Number 103.
Eisenhower warned us of the industrial military complex.
Eisenhower warned us of the industrial military complex.
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MAJ Byron Oyler
SPC Joseph Kopac - I was an only child when I went to Afghanistan back in 2006 and in both of our cases, neither conflict was ever going to be on US shores where as Ukraine is fighting for their very existence. You and I know that if the battle ever came to US shores we would fight and these professional athletes in Ukraine that are not fighting are cowards.
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SPC Joseph Kopac
Maybe they should make the athletes serve in a non combat role like many movie stars did in WW2. Myself, even if I was some kind of a celebrity, I could not stand by and let another country invade us.
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LTC Eugene Chu
Professional athletes are fighting for Ukraine in its forces…
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-winter-olympics-sports-europe-biathlon-0f33595e9061481d59a89a979691b76b
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-winter-olympics-sports-europe-biathlon-0f33595e9061481d59a89a979691b76b
Ukrainian athletes join military after Russian invasion
Dmytro Pidruchnyi was competing at the Winter Olympics in Ukraine’s national colors less than two weeks ago. Now he’s wearing a military uniform and ballistic helmet.
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