I haven't had to worry about getting drafted for longer than a lot of people have even been alive, so I'll focus on this part.

now that it turns out that Ukrainians alone fight their own war

The issue is precisely that Ukraine is not fighting alone. The problem is that the US is wasting money on a proxy war, when that money would be better used helping the US's own citizens. Not that the so called "elites" have ever given a fuck about the citizens they're supposed to represent.

I haven't had to worry about getting drafted for longer than a lot of people have even been alive, so I'll focus on this part.

now that it turns out that Ukrainians alone fight their own war

The issue is precisely that Ukraine is not fighting alone. The problem is that the US is wasting money on a proxy war, when that money would be better used helping the US's own citizens. Not that the so called "elites" have ever given a fuck about the citizens their supposed to represent.