Is A Conscripted Army Needed Given The Growing Security Threat From China, Russia, Iran & N Korea?

[johnny crossan]

Outgoing head of the British army agrees with incoming chief that conscription is needed now in the face of an imminent threat from the above.
Should the UK and our western allies follow those European countries near the Russian borders - Finland, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Ukraine, Greece, Turkey and those in SE Asia adjoining China - in establishing active conscripted forces?

 

[Pedestrian]

Conscripted armies are shite. Donald trump is more of a security threat than all those countries combined.

 

[johnny crossan]

Conscripted armies are shite.

like the ones that won the last two World Wars?

 

[DiscoSteve]

I suspect opinions will be split based on age here - as I'm 59 I'd say great idea, but full apreciate those that are younger to not be in favour ;-)

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Conscripted armies are shite. Donald trump is more of a security threat than all those countries combined.

How so?

 

[Metal Biker]

What threat?

The Russians are getting spanked and slaughtered by the heroes of Ukraine. The North Koreans have bred hundreds of thousands of cannon fodder, and judging by Iran's latest missile attack on Israel, i'm more frightened of a loud firework display.

War has changed. Conscripted Armies don't work, especially in the modern age. You've got people who don't want to fight, don't want to be there, don't have the heart and stomach to kill, let's make them soldiers! Rather than a conscripted army we need to increase weapons production. One operator in command of 10000 missiles/rockets is far more effective.

 

[johnny crossan]

What threat?....

Do you live on this planet?

 

[hilts]

What threat?

The Russians are getting spanked and slaughtered by the heroes of Ukraine. The North Koreans have bred hundreds of thousands of cannon fodder, and judging by Iran's latest missile attack on Israel, i'm more frightened of a loud firework display.

War has changed. Conscripted Armies don't work, especially in the modern age. You've got people who don't want to fight, don't want to be there, don't have the heart and stomach to kill, let's make them soldiers! Rather than a conscripted army we need to increase weapons production. One operator in command of 10000 missiles/rockets is far more effective.

Coward:-)

 

[Pedestrian]

How so?

1. Forcing folk to do something over allowing free will to choose will lower the operational standard.
2. Trump is compromised by idiocracy.

 

[Metal Biker]

Coward:-)

Consider this..


...I wouldn't get to watch City.