It’s Always Others’ Son’s and Daughter’s

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White House Pressing Ukraine To Draft 18-Year-Olds for War – via antiwar.com

The pressure from the US comes as polling shows the majority of Ukrainians want peace talks to end the war

In Washington’s version of the spirit of the season, extending its glad tidings by prodding Ukraine to send younger men and women (others’ son’s and daughter’s – never their’s) to fight and die in Washington’s proxy war is the least they can do at this time of the year.

The White House is pressuring Ukraine to increase the size of its military by lowering the minimum age of conscription from 25 to 18, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday.

A senior Biden administration official said the outgoing administration wants Ukraine to start drafting 18-year-olds to expand the current pool of fighting-age males. The pressure from the US comes as polling shows the majority of Ukrainians want peace talks with Russia to end the war.

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan recently hinted that the US was pressuring Ukraine to expand conscription, saying Ukraine’s biggest problem in the war was the lack of manpower.

“Our view has been that there’s not one weapon system that makes a difference in this battle. It’s about manpower, and Ukraine needs to do more, in our view, to firm up its lines in terms of the number of forces it has on the front lines,” Sullivan said on PBS News Hour last week.

Pretty standard war stuff, right?  All the billions upon billions that Washington has given for all the latest and greatest killing machines apparently hasn’t brought about the death results they want.  So, let’s get younger, inexperienced men and women to shore up those front lines.  If they die, well, they’re dying for freedom – at least that’s what they’re told and no U.S. politician would ever lie, right?

And what’s this that the majority of Ukrainians wants peace talks to end the war?  Evidently, they haven’t been watching enough American Television to set them straight.

Last month, Serhiy Leshchenko, an aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said Ukraine was under pressure from US politicians to lower the conscription age. “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,” he said.

Zelensky signed a mobilization bill into law back in April that lowered the conscription age from 27 to 25. A few weeks before the mobilization bill became law, Zelensky received a visit from US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who complained that not enough young Ukrainian men were being sent to the frontline.

“I would hope that those eligible to serve in the Ukrainian military would join. I can’t believe it’s at 27,” Graham said. “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.”

The Biden administration’s push for Ukraine to draft younger men comes as it is doing everything it can to escalate the proxy war before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on January 20. President Biden is seeking another $24 billion to spend on the conflict even though it’s clear there’s no path to a Ukrainian military victory.

Surely, Lindsey Graham will be assuming groom of the stool responsibilities for Beelzebub once he’s done with his mayhem and fuckery tour here.

If you’re interested in hearing how those evil Russians are viewing our war escalation shenanigans, the following is informative stuff.   I know, most Americans care not to partake in such activities.

Judge Andrew Napolitano – Dr. Gilbert Doctorow (26 minutes)

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Tonight’s musical offering:

Bach – BWV 248V – “Zwar ist solch Herzensstube”  from the Christmas Oratorio – Vokalensemble Marienhain (1:01 minute in length)