Comment on YSK about Project 100,000, when the US conscripted people with mental disabilities to be used as cannon fodder in Vietnam, suffering triple the casualties of other soldiers

cypherpunks@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• jpreston2005@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The Ukrainian Defence Ministry amended the criteria for medical exemptions, reclassifying people with tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, thyroid disease and HIV to be fit for military service

  I think that’s a bit different than drafting mentally challenged people to be canon fodder

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  • Vupware@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    typical .ml

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    • hatorade@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      ***Numerous Ukrainians with disabilities have been drafted over the course of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4][5][6] ***The Ukrainian Defence Ministry amended the criteria for medical exemptions, reclassifying people with tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, thyroid disease and HIV to be fit for military service.[7] On 22 October 2024, Ukrainian president Zelenskyy sign a decree which dissolved the medical examination commissions for determining the severity of disabilities that qualified for military exemptions.[8] On 8 July 2025, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights published a report which acknowledged “***systemic and documented human rights violations under martial law” ***which included the conscription of people with disabilities.[9]

      .ml sucks but if you actually looked at the wikipedia article, you’d see this is a broken clock moment.

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  • hatorade@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    ***Numerous Ukrainians with disabilities have been drafted over the course of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4][5][6] ***The Ukrainian Defence Ministry amended the criteria for medical exemptions, reclassifying people with tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, thyroid disease and HIV to be fit for military service.[7] On 22 October 2024, Ukrainian president Zelenskyy sign a decree which dissolved the medical examination commissions for determining the severity of disabilities that qualified for military exemptions.[8] On 8 July 2025, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights published a report which acknowledged “***systemic and documented human rights violations under martial law” ***which included the conscription of people with disabilities.[9]

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• hatorade@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  ***Numerous Ukrainians with disabilities have been drafted over the course of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4][5][6] ***The Ukrainian Defence Ministry amended the criteria for medical exemptions, reclassifying people with tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, thyroid disease and HIV to be fit for military service.[7] On 22 October 2024, Ukrainian president Zelenskyy sign a decree which dissolved the medical examination commissions for determining the severity of disabilities that qualified for military exemptions.[8] On 8 July 2025, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights published a report which acknowledged “***systemic and documented human rights violations under martial law” ***which included the conscription of people with disabilities.[9]

  They’re downvoting you because they cherry picked from this entire paragraph. Amazing reading levels from .world.

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