The American Conscription

Editor's Note: I am going to warn you, right from the rip. I know more about Ukraine than President Trump does. If you are offended by that statement, please stop reading now.

The Rock Thrower

You see that image above? That is from a Vice Documentary about Ukraine a DECADE ago. Ukraine declared independence in 1991. But since then, the Ukrainians have (mostly) been fighting for a true, Western-Style Democracy. They have fought hard not to become the equivalent of Belarus, a country that is independent in name-only, with long tentacles wrapped around it from Moscow.

In 1994, the United States, Russia, and Ukraine signed the Budapest Memorandum. The memorandum stated that in exchange for Ukraine relinquishing their nuclear weapons, the United States and Russia promised not to attack Ukraine.

(How'd that work out for Ukraine?)

Why do I say (mostly)? That's where our story begins....

We have been over this before, Ukraine is one of the most volatile countries on Earth. You want to know why they don't want to be part of Russia? Look up the Holodomor. Look up Chernobyl.

But, more importantly for our discussion, in the first and second world wars Kyiv and the surrounding areas belonged to everyone and no one. During the war years, the Germans and Russians treated Ukraine like house guests from hell.

History shows that there is absolutely NO history of stability in the region around Kyiv. Through (mostly) no fault of their own, they have been in the wrong place at the wrong time as their overzealous neighbors tried to strip the country of its resources. Because of that, there is no "consensus" as to which way the country should go moving forward. This has been going on for over a century.

After Russia marched into Crimea in 2014, almost completely unimpeded, the shadow of Russia loomed large across Ukraine.

First round of 2019 Election

In the first round of the 2019 Ukrainian Presidential Elections, SEVEN candidates received over a million votes. By comparison, only TWO candidates received over a million votes in the 2024 American Presidential Election.

Some Ukrainian candidates wanted closer ties to Europe, some wanted closer ties to NATO, some wanted closer ties to Russia, some wanted total isolation from the East and the West. Some wanted Civil War, some wanted peace at all costs. There was no consensus until the second round of the process, where three out of four Ukrainians lined up behind Volodymyr Zelensky.

Where am I going with all this?

No one in Ukraine, specifically in the unoccupied territories, wanted to join Russia. No one. The Republic of Donetsk and the Republic of Luhansk both declared independence and were recognized by the Russia Government as independent states in 2022. They didn't want to join Russia, they wanted to be the Eastern European versions of Luxembourg and Liechtenstein.

(How'd that work out for Donetsk and Luhansk?)

So as Donald Trump incorrectly labels Zelensky a dictator, it is important to note that Trump is PARTIALLY correct in regards to where Ukraine can go from here. We are Libertarians at Beacon of Speech, not Liberals. Donald Trump is factually correct when he says that "Ukraine has no path to victory." I have been saying that since 2022. As hard as I root for Ukraine, and as much "moral support" I give them, they cannot "win." (Winning defined as removing Russia from Crimea.)

That's why I begged Zelensky to redefine winning as existing as recently as 2024. When Trump was busy insulting Zelensky last month, he was trying to embarrass the Ukrainian leader because he held the purse strings. I don't know what Trump wanted. A bow? A kneel? Zelensky's first born?

If Donald Trump did his homework, he wouldn't have had to suck up to Putin or degrade Zelensky, he could have just said this: We are out of the Ukraine Business. The battles end today with current battleground lines. We aren't giving Ukraine any more money, but we are sending Ukraine 2,000 nukes in exchange for the 2,000 that they sent back to Russia in 1994. The Budapest Memorandum would be voided.

You say that would start World War III? For 3 years, I have read every tit for tat move between Ukraine and Russia would start World War III.

You're screaming through tears that you just don't care about Ukraine, you don't want us involved in a war. There's a point to my story.

Ukraine could be us.

How do I figure? Only one country in the world could occupy the United States, and that's China.

Iran isn't invading America.

Russia isn't invading America.

North Korea isn't invading America.

In order to invade America, you would have to be willing send hundreds of millions of soldiers to their deaths as cannon fodder and only China has that technology and the population numbers to make it happen.

Remember China's population is 1.4 billion.

The United States' population is .35 billion.

If China started a mass invasion of America today, and we didn't use our nukes because we were afraid China would use their nukes, you know what would happen tomorrow? The Draft. You know what would happen next week? Conscription.

You say Xi Jinping wouldn't do that? Xi is in his 70's, too. What if China's next leader was Chinese Hitler. China invades Taiwan, we support Taiwan with weapons, China attacks America. It's not a far-fetched scenario.

If China thought Americans were too fat or faggoty to fight, they could roll the dice and bet on capitulation, like Putin did to Ukraine.

Russia's population is 140 million.

Ukraine's population is 40 million.

Every story that I read that attacks Ukraine says the same exact thing: Did you know Zelensky uses conscripts?

Yes, I am aware.

And if America was invaded by China, we would use conscripts. Men would pour out of America and into Canada and Mexico so fast your head would spin. Just like millions of Ukrainian men poured into neighboring countries like Poland and Lithuania.

You say that can't happen here?

From Wikipedia: "U.S. federal law continues to allow for compulsory conscription for militia service under emergency or extraordinary security conditions. The law is described in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution and 10 U.S. Code § 246.[5][6][7] Such conscription would apply to able-bodied men between the ages of 17 and 45 who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, U.S. citizens, as well as women in certain health care occupations."

Thank god the Pacific Ocean is there.