Potentially related, the IDF chief has come out saying that their military is "on the verge of collapse" due to being overdeployed.
They're doing this to avoid a draft. They know nobody wants to willingly enlist to fight for Israel though. They'll have no choice but to draft. It's a matter of when, not if, and once they do, I swear to god, there better be riots.
I imagine in time, this administration will do their own "overdeployment" in this form.
A draft would be again, so critically unpopular, they would become unelectable. Like, toxic waste levels. A war is already incredibly unpopular, but drafts are often so much worse. You don't want to be the party who drafted people, because essentially it's gg for that political career, and everyone under the same umbrella/ political affiliation.
I think they can try, but it's probably going to do the opposite of what they think. A draft, imo, relies on a good enough unity of the country in support of the purpose, and I don't believe this administration would be able to convince people of that, given how Trump's own approval rating is pathetic. Not to mention more people are waking up to how the country was thrown into a war with Iran by an idiot trying to cover up the very files he claimed to expose during his campaign. What are they going to do if people refuse? Put them in prison? Kill them for "treason"? Do they even have the manpower to accomplish an act against refusal? Will the majority of military and local police follow orders? The country would probably have its own internal war at that point.
Very unlikely IMO and if it did happen you'll likely see an unprecedented number of objectors to where it'd be impossible to enforce.
I don't see a draft happening, and it's not because I'm optimistic, but rather because Trump is a dementia patient with a very short attention span. Insiders are already saying he's "bored" with the Iran war and wants to move on to something else. I think he was stupid enough to believe it would be a quick in-and-out operation like Venezuela, and that Iran would immediately become pro-US once the ayatollah was killed.
It would require both congress and the president to authorize one.
Alternatively, he was always going to postpone it (because his twitter threats are just that) and its an attempt to make it sound like he's doing a negotiation.
He may have wanted to, but that tweet with the comment about the Iranian government request just reeks of being strongarmed into saying it. Iran knows they have all the power currently, and the longer they withhold the straight, the more the world will be angry at the US.
don't you guys just love how this asshole's opinion is the only opinion that matters? he would love it if everyone was far left. he thinks by acting like a tool on here, it's going to make some sort of difference or change someone's political views.
