A Ukrainian official mentioned Tuesday that American politicians are pressuring Ukraine to decrease the minimal age of conscription from 25 to 18 to make extra younger males accessible for fight.
“If this information has surfaced, I can confirm it: American politicians from both parties are putting pressure on President Zelensky to explain why there is no mobilization of those aged 18 to 25 in Ukraine. The argument of our partners is that when the US fought in Vietnam, people were drafted from the age of 19,” Serhiy Leshchenko, an advisor to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of workers, wrote on Telegram.
That is from Dave DeCamp, “U.S. Politicians Are Pressuring Ukraine to Lower Draft Age to 18,” Antiwar.com, October 15, 2024.
And Leshchenko names names (or, no less than, one identify):
Proper earlier than Zelensky signed the invoice reducing the draft age to 25, he obtained a go to from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who known as for youthful Ukrainians to be despatched to the frontlines. “I would hope that those eligible to serve in the Ukrainian military would join. I can’t believe it’s at 27,” Graham mentioned. “You’re in a fight for your life, so you should be serving — not at 25 or 27. We need more people in the line.”
Freedom to decide on your individual occupation is so valuable. I do know that varied of my pro-freedom allies suppose that the First Modification is our most essential modification. However I believe the Thirteenth Modification is much more essential. (Though I admit that that Modification hasn’t been examined since 1918 and that the Supreme Court docket flunked the take a look at.)
I hate to see American politicians advocating that in nations the place the individuals are a lot much less free than we, these nations’ governments ought to scale back that freedom much more. As one distinguished American politician likes to say, “Mind your own damn business.”
