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Mambo19866 · 27/01/2024 06:50

Story after story now of conscription being needed. I was thoroughly convinced that this is just scaremongering but the number of senior figures coming out again today warning us to prepare it really feels like they are getting us used to the idea. Also in the papers today the US is moving some of its nuclear stockpile to the UK. Getting bit nervous now I have to admit.

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Tatumm · 27/01/2024 10:49

Fjruejejrnrnrbbbbb · 27/01/2024 10:42

When news stories like this come out, I ponder on what other Tory shitshow is happening that they’re trying to distract us from.

It’s in plain sight. The PPE scandal, Brexit, Liz Truss’s financially disastrous shenanigans and the HS2 debacle has wasted billions of pounds of taxpayers money that could have been invested in our military.

And instead of bringing these relevant facts to the table, the trolls are out in force on this thread to anger and distract us by denigrating the young people in our lives.

fonfusedm · 27/01/2024 10:49

@MrsSkylerWhite you've lost me?

IClaudine · 27/01/2024 10:49

I think some posters on here will be busy ordering white feathers from Amazon.

Flapjacker48 · 27/01/2024 10:50

Any major conflict between NATO and Russia would likely go nuclear quickly. The days of large numbers of NATO forces based in Germany are long gone.

Even in the cold war the British Government understood for the UK there was in reality nothing that could be done to "save" the UK in the event of a nuclear exchange. It would not be any different now (worse if anything as the limited cold war preparedness for a nuclear exchange is long gone)

The idea there will be citizen armies clashing on the German plains is for the birds.

Thehigheroffer · 27/01/2024 10:50

Hear Hear

fonfusedm · 27/01/2024 10:51

I think some posters on here will be busy ordering white feathers from Amazon.

😆

EasternStandard · 27/01/2024 10:52

Flapjacker48 · 27/01/2024 10:50

Any major conflict between NATO and Russia would likely go nuclear quickly. The days of large numbers of NATO forces based in Germany are long gone.

Even in the cold war the British Government understood for the UK there was in reality nothing that could be done to "save" the UK in the event of a nuclear exchange. It would not be any different now (worse if anything as the limited cold war preparedness for a nuclear exchange is long gone)

The idea there will be citizen armies clashing on the German plains is for the birds.

Although they are clashing in Ukraine so the only difference in the scenarios is NATO

IClaudine · 27/01/2024 10:52

Is @Mambo19866 going to bother coming back to the thread they started?

BobnLen · 27/01/2024 10:53

Daily Mail is reporting that everyone will be conscripted not just the young, probably within six years.

Verbena17 · 27/01/2024 10:53

Don’t panic!
They’re not priming you to accept war…..they’re priming you to wake up!!
To show you what the Deep State has been doing for decades and longer.
The only ‘war’ that has been ongoing on for the past 3 years - clearing the swamp in DC and around the world.

They cannot TELL the People…..they have to SHOW the People.
It is a well-timed declass of information.

People would be shocked if they knew about what evil things had been done by people you usually trust….so there have been good people giving you information around the world until finally, the Public won’t accept it anymore.
Don’t watch the mainstream media crap - you’ll be much less stressed.

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 27/01/2024 10:54

That's the point though. They won't get a choice. Well, they could, if they become conscientious objectors, but that would involve them being rounded up and arrested, if history is anything to go by

😂😂😂😂nope. The younger generation are humane, educated and socially aware. They have friends across the world. They just wouldn’t let this happen. In fact being ‘arrested’ would be a badge of honour like the poll tax riots were.

< orders all the white feathers on Amazon and pulls them out of quilt to wear proudly>

maeveiscurious · 27/01/2024 10:56

PieAndLattes · 27/01/2024 10:37

Why the fuck would young people want to fight for a country that has royally screwed them over? Tuition fees, the cost of housing, shitty low paid jobs at the expense of learning manufacturing, trades and technical skills, a political system nobody trusts or believes in, constant scaremongering and dog whistling, a foreign owned press bent on destabilizing the country for likes and clicks, global warming….They’d be well within their rights to tell us to get fucked. We’ve wrecked the place and they owe us nothing.

If you think this is bad look up living conditions in a war zone like Ukraine.

Look up how Russia has stolen their children.

Every generation has difficulty and hardship. You need to read history

bringsomewood · 27/01/2024 10:56

IClaudine · 27/01/2024 10:52

Is @Mambo19866 going to bother coming back to the thread they started?

No, because I don’t think she/he is genuine.

MrsSkylerWhite · 27/01/2024 10:56

PinkflowersWhiteBerries · Today 09:00
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Ok, official Boomer here ( aged 62). If some of the comments on this thread were being thrown at us - the first generation in a long time who did not experience conscription and war on our own soil - we would be hitting MNHQ hard and fast at the ageism .
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These young people we denigrate are our own children and grandchildren. So if you don’t like how they turned out , then look in the mirror

👏👏👏👏👏
My young people are fantastic. Couldn’t be prouder.

EasternStandard · 27/01/2024 10:56

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 27/01/2024 10:54

That's the point though. They won't get a choice. Well, they could, if they become conscientious objectors, but that would involve them being rounded up and arrested, if history is anything to go by

😂😂😂😂nope. The younger generation are humane, educated and socially aware. They have friends across the world. They just wouldn’t let this happen. In fact being ‘arrested’ would be a badge of honour like the poll tax riots were.

< orders all the white feathers on Amazon and pulls them out of quilt to wear proudly>

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You do realise what happens next though. It’s not peaceful

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 27/01/2024 10:56

BobnLen · 27/01/2024 10:53

Daily Mail is reporting that everyone will be conscripted not just the young, probably within six years.

Daily Mail😂😂😂😂

IClaudine · 27/01/2024 10:57

BobnLen · 27/01/2024 10:53

Daily Mail is reporting that everyone will be conscripted not just the young, probably within six years.

🤣🤣🤣

That is out there, even for the Daily Hate Mail.

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 27/01/2024 10:57

EasternStandard · 27/01/2024 10:56

You do realise what happens next though. It’s not peaceful

Look if you want to let your children go and fight an old man’s war that’s up to you.

I don’t. I’d rather look for peaceful solutions.

stayathomer · 27/01/2024 10:57

All the people slagging off the youth of today and saying maybe they need it, I’m assuming you mean young males need it. If they wanted women of your age to sign up or your daughters or sisters you’d have a different story, wouldn’t you?

BobnLen · 27/01/2024 10:58

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 27/01/2024 10:56

Daily Mail😂😂😂😂

Yes, really over egged the pudding this time

duc748 · 27/01/2024 10:58

Haven't RTWT, but wasn't there one on the same topic just a day or two ago? 😕

EasternStandard · 27/01/2024 10:58

maeveiscurious · 27/01/2024 10:56

If you think this is bad look up living conditions in a war zone like Ukraine.

Look up how Russia has stolen their children.

Every generation has difficulty and hardship. You need to read history

People are insular on mn, these threads show how much

I agree with pp young people are great but that’s a separate thing

fonfusedm · 27/01/2024 10:58

Daily Mail is reporting that everyone will be conscripted not just the young, probably within six years.

As I said there isn't enough young people

MrsSkylerWhite · 27/01/2024 11:00

@fonfusedm

I was replying to your post. Was this not yours?

The youth of today are in the main useless and incompetent. Most can barely knock out a decent PowerPoint for godsake

They'd essentially be more useless than cannon fodder (or equivalent)”

maeveiscurious · 27/01/2024 11:00

My great grandfather was conscripted in 1915 aged 42. The idea that this will be the young only.

Russia is conscripting 60+

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