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More Russian soldiers captured in the Kursk region of Russia. (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Except when there's a draft, nearly all US soldiers spend the first 2 years of their duty as teenagers. In Vietnam, the combat rotation was 2 years; many men joined as teenagers, and died as teenagers. This really isn't unusual.

You're right about Putin, but he's no different than any other leader of a country with a military WRT enlistment age.