Military conscription

@Loopylalalou Very true. Needs must. There's even members of the RIR from "the South" though they are advised to not advertise that.

However, word of caution: the Larne Marine who did his Commando training as an IRA member, & the ex-Para who executed those three young Scots lads in the 70s.

Funny there’s quite a few in regular forces. If jobs become scarce the offer might become more acceptable.

Not a hope in hell conscripting Irish in "Northern" Ireland.

Or parts of Celtic Glasgow 🤣

I was a military brat. I don't need to Google it, I lived through it. I've seen the worst of military housing (one of ours is no longer there), but this is mainly down to budgets rather than a deliberate attack on the armed forces.

If you want an idea of the quality of housing soldiers and their families have had to live in google Carillion Amey

Focusing on this in the horror of a war probably says more about the person doing that tbf

As a long term follower of the Darwin Awards, you can't be too sentimental when people stupid themselves to death.

Whatever your political views being glad about this isn’t great.

Any "news" out of Russia needs to be caveated ... who knows what is true ?

Wait, did the article say that? I read it as saying Huffman was rumoured to have been killed, but that he had reappeared in later videos posted by the family.

I can't say I feel much sympathy for an adult man choosing to fight Ukranians, but his children didn't choose that life..

They are MAGAnauts and so believe everything they are spoon fed by Fox.

Less stupid people in the world isn't a bad thing.

Do these people not believe that conscription is happening in Russia? If they wanted an anti-woke country they could have gone to Hungary...

I agree for now the best thing is to strengthen defences while Russia is tied up in Ukraine, hopefully this will help deter.

Putin also loves the poorly educated.

Out of all the reports of deaths and injury I’m surprised this is linked. The direction of travel will be away from conscription for those who can.

And now I’m annoyed about the senseless deaths in an awful war Putin has enough land and resources to not do this. It’s just too much that anyone thinks 1 million need to lose life or be harmed to get more.

I read a story about an American family forced to flee the woke cesspool of America for the unsullied whiteness of Russia. The father was conscripted and hasn't been seen for months.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/american-family-moved-russia-seeking-better-life-got-drawn-war-ukraine-rcna220463

Immigrating outside of Europe isn't the easiest thing at the best of times and most people will be unable to do it anyway so its not a great plan. Better to make invasion less likely by being a country that's willing to defend itself and making sure the world knows that.

Finland. Russia has been building up an old base near the border here.
I agree that he can't do anything beyond hybrid attacks for now but I do think he has plans beyond Ukraine. Military experts in my country think that as well, and they know the Russian threat well - pretty much all military training here is training to repel an attack from the East, and, as the saying goes, if the attack comes from anywhere other than the East, it just means the Russians have learnt to flank.

It’s just awful, there was a piece on using young people from Africa too as fodder pretty much, plus those from NK and the ‘meat grinder’ rhetoric.

Fucking horrible. One life and a leader is intent on doing that to sons, eugh just too much.

The old men who want this should go out and fight it personally, I wish.

Im a veteran. If they do a call
up I’m Curious to see reaction when I rock up at the mobilisation centre with my HRT and dodgy knees.

The problem is that as conscription drags on - especially in a country as systemically corrupt as Russia - the quality of the troops sinks. And no army ever wasted training and equipment on the soon-to-die.

Contrast that with an army motivated not to fail because ... well because.

It’s horrendous isn’t it. Idk how it can be sold in or the unconscionable loss to families there. Poor Ukrainians don’t want it either.

Just awful loss of life up to or over a million : (

Russia spent nearly 10 years in Afghanistan. For nought.

Hopefully. The death toll is high but he still has many more troops he can send. Surely it must stop at some point though- whatever else they think, most Russians surely don't want to lose their own or their male family ' lives to his 'special military operation'. Russian troops are notoriously brutal to their own men with horrible hazing rituals etc.

Good point, sorry. I think the Donbas issue is more tied up with recent immigration but agree Russian roots clearly go deeper than this.