The trend on the continent is to move away from conscription towards professional armies. Admiteddly, this is a fairly recent trend, but it is one I believe any country that is not in imminent danger of invasion should adopt...
“The trend on the continent is to move away from conscription towards professional armies. Admiteddly, this is a fairly recent trend, but it is one I believe any country that is not in imminent danger of invasion should adopt...”
Thats the beauty of being a country, your people can have laws they like. Your strategy defies the EU mantra that all countries remain sovereign.
Military service teaches a lot of valuable basic skills. Things like showing up to work on time, integrity, personal responsibility and so on. If you’re in imminent danger of being invaded its too late to start training your army.