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Read the section entitled "Economic enlistment for indebted military-age Americans". They're arguing to put over a million US citizens on the ground in Iran and

Read the section entitled "Economic enlistment for indebted military-age Americans". They're arguing to put over a million US citizens on the ground in Iran and the mechanism they want to do this is by exploiting the average American's debt.

verdverm 1mo ago
Sounds like what Russia is doing, promising large payments to go die by drone
jaykru 1mo ago
"The average American aged 18 to 34 carries more than $40 thousand in non-mortgage debt across student loans, credit card balances, auto loans, and personal loans, with some estimates go as high as $100 thousand. This is the cohort the Pentagon needs. A federally administered debt-forgiveness enlistment program that fully discharges student loan, credit card, and loan balances after 24 or 36 months of service, and extends the GI Bill, would produce voluntary enlistment at scale." Never for a moment thought my Subaru would be sending me to die for Israel. How could a patriotic Israeli write deranged dreck like this knowing full well the PR catastrophe the state is experiencing in the United States? It's so beyond the pale that you might even read it as parody.
- manvillej 1mo ago
  And how will they pay for that debt? By taking on more national debt. You know, debt paid for by American citizens.
- quantified 1mo ago
  100k in debt as a 30 year old? Sock it to those college-educated fools.
- thraway71263 1mo ago
  I remember this approach was ridiculed by the west when Russia used it few years back to staff the army...
  - Jtsummers 1mo ago
    > I remember this approach was ridiculed by the west when Russia used it few years back to staff the army... And how has that worked out for Russia? They're still stuck in a stalemate and have an enormous number of casualties to show for it. The current hot war in Ukraine started in February 2022, so 3.5 years on despite offering money to fill billets they cannot win the war. There's probably a lesson in there somewhere about how desperate people don't necessarily make good, professional and effective soldiers, and the corollary to that: poor, unprofessional, ineffective soldiers don't win you wars.
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verdverm 1mo ago

Sounds like what Russia is doing, promising large payments to go die by drone

jaykru 1mo ago

"The average American aged 18 to 34 carries more than $40 thousand in non-mortgage debt across student loans, credit card balances, auto loans, and personal loans, with some estimates go as high as $100 thousand. This is the cohort the Pentagon needs. A federally administered debt-forgiveness enlistment program that fully discharges student loan, credit card, and loan balances after 24 or 36 months of service, and extends the GI Bill, would produce voluntary enlistment at scale." Never for a moment thought my Subaru would be sending me to die for Israel. How could a patriotic Israeli write deranged dreck like this knowing full well the PR catastrophe the state is experiencing in the United States? It's so beyond the pale that you might even read it as parody.

manvillej 1mo ago
And how will they pay for that debt? By taking on more national debt. You know, debt paid for by American citizens.
quantified 1mo ago
100k in debt as a 30 year old? Sock it to those college-educated fools.
thraway71263 1mo ago
I remember this approach was ridiculed by the west when Russia used it few years back to staff the army...
- Jtsummers 1mo ago
  > I remember this approach was ridiculed by the west when Russia used it few years back to staff the army... And how has that worked out for Russia? They're still stuck in a stalemate and have an enormous number of casualties to show for it. The current hot war in Ukraine started in February 2022, so 3.5 years on despite offering money to fill billets they cannot win the war. There's probably a lesson in there somewhere about how desperate people don't necessarily make good, professional and effective soldiers, and the corollary to that: poor, unprofessional, ineffective soldiers don't win you wars.

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