☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agoThere Are Now Over 50,000 American Troops in the Mideastwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@quokk.aunews@hexbear.networldnews@lemmygrad.mlworld@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.worldnews@lemmings.world
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkThere Are Now Over 50,000 American Troops in the Mideastwww.nytimes.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square46linkfedilinkcross-posted to: world@quokk.aunews@hexbear.networldnews@lemmygrad.mlworld@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.worldnews@lemmings.world
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-27 days ago The US military takes enlistees at 17 and a half years old. Usually from poor families. I believe the US lets people enlist at 17 (with parental consent) but they don’t deploy them to combat before they’re 18. I encourage you to you watch this movie, btw. And see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance_Inside_the_Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Iraq_War_resisters
I believe the US lets people enlist at 17 (with parental consent) but they don’t deploy them to combat before they’re 18.
I encourage you to you watch this movie, btw.
And see also: