☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days agoThere Are Now Over 50,000 American Troops in the Mideastwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThere Are Now Over 50,000 American Troops in the Mideastwww.nytimes.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 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: