Military conscription

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There is lots of talk about if ww3 happens then military conscription will happen

This is basically people who sit in an office safely saying we need to either send ourselves or out children to fight and die in horrible conditions

Am I unreasonable to think that anyone who thinks this is a good idea

They should be the first ones to sign up and to lead by example

Any politicians who think this is a good idea, there children should be the first to go

Russia is literally sending troops in wheel chairs and crunches to the front line

So age, disability and gender will not be a problem for anyone who supports any conscription policy's, they can go first

Also the UK will not be invaded, we are not Ukrainian, If we were more like Ukraine I would be more in favour of this as the country itself is under threat

This doesn’t apply to Ukraine / Russia though. It’s millions who have been sadly used in this way.

I'm for it and a good few of my family are or have been in the forces. Although it would be a pain training pampered youngsters who are made to be there

Hopefully your mil will be volunteering if it comes to it then

Because Germany were already invading other countries

Re pampered youngsters maybe take the older ones who won’t be pampered of course.

They’ll be on the way to another country claiming asylum

Because the rich old men will bomb the shit out of you anyway, without resistance? A bomb doesn't care about your political views, it just kills you and flattens your home.

@SpiritAdder

Warfare today is very different. It will be mostly sitting in bunkers flying armed drones attacking civilians, remote controlling robot dogs with machine guns or exploding tanks. Or flying fighter jets or bombers.

Different to some degree but still highly risky..

In the Ukraine conflict Russian counter measures have forced many of the operators of small drones to operate from hides pretty much on the battlefield....which the Russians try and find and target with artillery or their own drones.

Flying fighters and ground attack aircraft is no guarantee of surviving...the loss rates on both sided has been high - as would be expected.

I'd certainly caution any thinking that there are safe roles or specialisations.....

We don't have a population who would be up for a fight any more. We have a tiny professional army, and lets face it most of the population are so fat and lazy they would be just too easy targets. The US won't step in and save up again. We will just be Russian at some point. Schools ought to start teaching Russian so that we are more to be prepared.

Germany invading its neighbours does not make a world war. If one country invading another made a world war, the planet would have been in a constant state of world war since time immemorial, right up to the present day.

Britain could not have joined WW2 late because there no world war already ongoing to join when it (and France) declared war on Germany in 1939.

I work with loads of people who don’t really want to be there - but they did once & that’s why they signed up. I think that’s completely different to actually conscripted people and far different to regular jobs that have 28 day notice periods.

To be anyone who prefers time at work than time with their family needs to reconsider their life choices.

The Hundred Years War actually lasted 116 years.

Sometimes names are deceptive.

It should be pointed out that regardless of conscription all the armed forces are currently short of new recruits - judging by the amount of advertising they are doing - so all of you who are saying “I’d be happy to do it” or “I’d happily send my kids off to do it” what’s stopping you from joining the armed forces now?

Plus ca change ....

I'm too old, they won't have me.
Ds2 was ex army, when he tried to rejoin he withdrew his application after 2 years as they were taking so long to process his application.
Until they sort this mess out, they can run all the ads they like.

And straws are sometimes clutched at.

Don't worry OP. There will be loads of human rights lawyers using the ECHR to protect British citizens trying to escape being forcibly drafted into an army.

The ECHR can be ignored by any government.

And it doesn't prohibit compulsory military service anyway. Why would you think it did ?

Ah...another Capita(?) victim...sorry to hear that.

Being old doesn’t have to be a barrier. I think there’s a few who are keen on this thread who fit that bill.

https://jobs.army.mod.uk/how-to-join/can-i-apply/age/

I'm 50+ which definitely puts me outside of their recruitment.

If conscription comes and this changes then it's a different kettle of fish.

Who in real life is really talking about ww3 and conscription?

The ECHR doesn't prevent people being conscripted in any European countries that already have conscription, how would anyone use it to prevent it in the UK?

Right wing SM seems to have decided that Starmer is going to introduce conscription and everyone on the left is keenly salivating at the prospect etc. So lefties should all be the ones to ,"go first". Or some such bollocks.

It is all rather pathetic.