- Joined
- Jun 3, 2021
The United States military has closed enlistment as an alternative to criminal sentencing for many years now, since Vietnam if I'm not mistaken. In fact when you hear local judges offer to dismiss a criminal case if the defendant enlists, the US will bar enlistment if they get notified of the circumstances.You people are acting like the idea of sending prisoners to war in exchange for a reduced or suspended sentence is anything new. If anything...why wouldn't you send prisoners to war? It's a large, criminal, non-productive cross-section of the population that is usually young, un-educated and at reasonable health (Bare minimum they won't be fat from gorging on KFC). Not only does Ukraine have penal battalions but the US has actively recruited criminals and prisoners through waivers or plea-deals every time they've had a major conflict or deployment.
As for using Liveuamap specifically. I wouldn't trust them as the thing they do is aggregate claims, they don't even check the validity or hell even correct themselves once something is proven wrong.