With ongoing wars and global tensions rising, Americans are suddenly wondering if low military recruitment levels could lead to a return of the draft.
As Russia and Ukraine continue their war and eyes turn to Israel in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attack, President Joe Biden’s call for wartime aid in a speech Thursday stirred the pot on the possibility of military conscription.
JUST IN: As United States military bases are currently under attack overseas, Biden compares the current situation to World War 2 and relates it to “democracy.”
World War 3 here we come.
“You know, just as in World War 2, today patriotic American workers are building the… pic.twitter.com/pzJ24Ga17X
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 20, 2023
Journalist and podcast host Tim Pool warned that the draft could be reinstated in the U.S. And first in line, he contended, would be Gen Z voters who align with Democrats and the left.
“After we get rid of the draft and move toward the all-volunteer military, it’s basically an economic system of ‘hey, we’ve got a great job for you – pays well, has big bonuses,'” Pool explained.
“But now that the politics has bifurcated this country, you’ve got a lot of younger people who are like, ‘I don’t wanna join the military,'” he continued, reminding that recruitment for the armed forces is “way, way down.”
“But, with the involvement of the U.S. in Ukraine and now Israel…If this does escalate into a larger war that involves Russia or China, they will bring the draft back, no question,” he emphasized, noting that “it is Gen Z who is first in line.”
“Have fun guys,” Pool added before contending that anti-gun activist David Hogg “will not be drafted.”
“He is a wealthy, privileged, political elite and, just like during the old drafts, he will be protected,” Pool elaborated. “It’s going to be all these young, dumb people who believed him, who voted for Democrats who are the ones who are going to be marching on the front line.”
A major war seems inevitable
American involvement need not be
Given the multiple fronts to the upcoming war and the brutally low recruitment levels, they will have to implement a draft
I sincerely hope that the young people of this country will refuse en masse
— Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell (@LibertyLockPod) October 20, 2023
Amid a reported uptick in online searches about the draft, WKYC-TV reported on the unlikelihood of a draft – using government sources to verify.
Conservative activist Scott Presler, who joined Pool on the podcast, echoed the warning on X.
“You’re about to be drafted to fight Joe Biden’s wars,” he wrote to America’s Gen Z. “To vote democrat in 2024 means to vote for war.”
To every Gen Z in America,
You’re about to be drafted to fight Joe Biden’s wars.
To vote democrat in 2024 means to vote for war.
— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) October 20, 2023
Social media users concurred with the outlook, with many pointing out how the younger voters helped hand power to the party that has now challenged their future. To many, the only answer is a Donald Trump election victory – a platform the former president who decried the nation’s involvement in foreign wars – could easily get behind.
I’m being drafted!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh! pic.twitter.com/iikrazYej4
— Bartley Burnside (@BartleyBurnside) October 20, 2023
There’d be a new record set for draft dodgers.
— Michael (@JArtwich) October 20, 2023
Biden and Democrats promised Gen Z the world. Instead they ended up broke, angry and fighting a world war.
— Savannah (@BasedSavannah) October 20, 2023
Trump 2024! No more War! pic.twitter.com/h3fBdr0HLS
— sandy (@3Sandy7_) October 20, 2023
Gen Z voted to have their student loans forgiven but will end up in the draft for WWIII. Can’t imagine that generation being prepared to fight a war. A serious lack of work ethic exists today. Way far off from the Vietnam draft that I remember.
— Diane Marie Mazzoni (@MamaMazzoni) October 20, 2023
I don’t know, as bad as the economy is and considering how little most of them understand anything of the world, just offer a little enlistment bonus and have Taylor Swift do the propo’s. pic.twitter.com/zM9QkIc16Q
— French Laundry (@asstoriacircle) October 20, 2023
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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