Posted on 03/01/2022 7:07:59 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Germany scrapped compulsory military service just over 10 years ago, but the conflict in Ukraine has reignited the debate around whether young men and women should be required to fight for their country.
Conscription was introduced in Germany in 1956 with men over 18 expected to serve in the army for a year, though they could claim exemption due to moral objections.
The practice was gradually wound down and finally scrapped in 2011 as part of moves to save money, and in line with Germany's traditionally cautious approach to defence as a result of its post-war guilt.
But Russia's invasion of Ukraine last week has led to a wholesale shift in Germany's approach to its armed forces, known as the Bundeswehr, and led to renewed calls for some form of military service.
Wolfgang Hellmich, a politician for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), called for an "urgent" debate on the issue in an interview with the Rheinische Post newspaper on Tuesday.
Compulsory military service would help "promote public spirit", he said, also calling for careers in the Bundeswehr to be made more attractive to young people.
Defence spending up Patrick Sensburg, the president of the German Reservists' Association, has called for the reintroduction of military service through a general framework for both men and women.
This could take the form of "one year in which young people who are of age and have completed their education do something for the state and the community", he told the Rheinische Post newspaper.
Voices from the conservative CDU, now in opposition after 16 years in power under Angela Merkel, have also come out in favour of conscription.
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NEIN!
They could call up a million Germans but I think they only have 10 canteens.
all krauts with any balls were killed in WW1 and WW2.
They can conscript anyone they want. Don’t mean any of them are gonna fight.
This isn’t the Russians running down their own in Stalingrad.
Those days are over.
The hipsters in the US are worried about a draft. Can you imagine trying to draft those skinny Jean wearing effeminate clowns? Yeah. Sure.
Slavery in the name of democracy. Scratch a German, find a nazi.
Germans need to stay the f___ out of Russia.
Maybe Europe should learn how to defend itself for a change? 🤪
I agree. Time for the Brits and the French threaten with nuclear weapons to defend Europe's borders.
“The hipsters in the US are worried about a draft. Can you imagine trying to draft those skinny Jean wearing effeminate clowns? Yeah. Sure.”
God, it’s almost worth a drawn out war just for that - maybe the Soy Boys who do get drafted will be forced to GROW UP a bit.
I don’t care who goes there, as long as it isn’t some kid from the 82nd, 10th Mtn, 101st or any kid from the USMC. Let them all kill each other for all I care.
they might snag a few real landsers that way...
" all krauts with any balls were killed in WW1 and WW2. "
Well I see the Hollywierd crowd is on duty!
Or is it the homowierd crows......sometimes you just can't tell the diff.
Scratch a desert_rino , find a pile of cat puke.
Jackass. Your profile is filled with a fanboy wall to a dedicated nazi. Bite me blockhead.
Your hero hid Mengele until he could escape. Sounds like a great guy.
Ha, Ha, last time I was told bite me, I was 13 & had to kick a bullies ass. Bidet pedophile fan boy!
You support Biden in Ukraine. Not me. You don’t like blockhead? How about squarehead? Kraut? Goon? Heinie? Hun? Fritz?
Choose the one you please, then get out on the eastern front.
You cant obviously. You dont have the mind for it.
Are you butt hurt that the krauts are now relegated to a bunch of fags of Europe? I mean they got killed so easily by Americans back in WW2 it was really awesome. Now the only good krauts left are the ones that the US tells to F off.
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