Conscription

[grunge]

Which news report?

Facebook by any chance? Mumsnet? Ibelieveeverythingiread.com?

The US will Batter Russia. They've chucked everything at the Ukraine and done fuck all. Conscription? Fucking hell.

Pretty much every main stream media outlet has picked it up by the look of it.

I cant see it ever coming to that though unless we end up like the front lines of Ukraine, in which case we've already lost our airforce and all our long range weaponry etc.


That being said, Europe clearly needs to wake up and start to ramp up production of weapons etc. so far we have been far to slow on that front. if reports are to be believed the Russia has pretty much set there industry into a war footing and is ramping up produciton of everything as we speak.

 

[Alvin-blue-qhd]

In China, people do not hold much hostility towards the UK. For us, the UK is a distant country with great football, education (easily accessible master's degrees), and a lot of fans who love to yell "wanker" next to the pitch. The UK is not the enemy. But recent statements made by the British Defense Minister are worrying. They seem to be preparing to send their aircraft carrier to Asia.

 

[mancityvstoke]

If the Russians took over Ashton all their stuff would get nicked.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Can you imagine the variety of people who would rock up in this day and age? Some might already identify as a machine gun.

 

[CTID1988]

Different times these days, if they tried it id expect mass protests and civil unrest. The old days of queen and country and huge national pride are long gone, id sooner fight the people trying to get me over there than people I know nothing about in another country. Everyone is a lot more clued on to how much the government lie to us and treat us with contempt.

 

[Blue and true]

In China, people do not hold much hostility towards the UK. For us, the UK is a distant country with great football, education (easily accessible master's degrees), and a lot of fans who love to yell "wanker" next to the pitch. The UK is not the enemy. But recent statements made by the British Defense Minister are worrying. They seem to be preparing to send their aircraft carrier to Asia.

How in the name of Christ have you arrived at that conclusion?

 

[Blue and true]

Conscription won't be needed in this day and age. If a hypothetical WW3 were to commence the world is finished anyway. MAD is humanity's safeguard.

 

[BrianW]

I don't see the need. The country is full of patriots who keep telling us how patriotic they are. I'm sure they'd rush to the recruitment offices with their Union Jacks, thus obviating any need for bureaucratic procedures such as conscription, which would be organised by leftie civil servants. We don't want that, do we?

 

[Phil1]

I won’t be sending my boy to die for anybody’s quest for power. Fuck’em.

 

[Blue and true]

I don't see the need. The country is full of patriots who keep telling us how patriotic they are. I'm sure they'd rush to the recruitment offices with their Union Jacks, thus obviating any need for bureaucratic procedures such as conscription, which would be organised by leftie civil servants. We don't want that, do we?

You can rest assured those "patriots" will be the biggest wimps if they're told to fight. Cowardice behind a keyboard isn't conducive for the battlefield.