Comment on Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory National Service

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ceasarlegsvin@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

And the military leadership of every country where conscription is a thing disagrees with you.

All it dose is create ill motivated unskilled labour.

If you think military conscription is for the here and now you unfortunately don't know what you're talking about.

Conscription is so that if you need to mobilise quickly, all of your eligible population are already trained, have units to report to, officers etc.

If you're building a defensive military, it makes perfect sense, because in a defensive war motivation more or less ceases to be an issue.

The UK's military is far more expeditionary, so it doesn't make sense unless you build it into your long term plan, which is exactly what I said in my original comment.

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