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Denmark calls for mandatory military service for women
https://www.straitstimes.com ^ | 1/26/23 | The Strait Times

Posted on 01/27/2023 4:25:35 AM PST by RomanSoldier19

Denmark plans compulsory military conscription for women, as the Nordic country seeks to significantly boost the size of its armed forces.

The move can help Denmark meet its requirements under its Nato membership.

It would also be “beneficial” for the military if it had more women employed, Danish Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen said in an interview with broadcaster TV2.

Currently, women can join on a voluntary basis while men generally are required to serve if they are called on under a lottery system.

The new measure has the backing of several women’s organisations and comes as Denmark, like the rest of Europe, provides increasing levels of support to Ukraine in the war to oust Russia from the country.

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1 posted on 01/27/2023 4:25:35 AM PST by RomanSoldier19
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The new measure has the backing of several women’s organisations

At least they're not hypocrites like the 'women's movement' here in the U.S. that oppose women registering for Selective Service.

2 posted on 01/27/2023 4:28:48 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Equality.

I didn’t know Denmark had a military…


3 posted on 01/27/2023 4:29:41 AM PST by EEGator
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To: RomanSoldier19

I guess Denmark can define “woman.”

What if “they/them” identify as a cat?


4 posted on 01/27/2023 4:34:49 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: RomanSoldier19

When it’s time to man up...


5 posted on 01/27/2023 4:35:25 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: RomanSoldier19

I guess they decided they had to include women in the draft or men would seek to avoid the draft by claiming they were trannies.


6 posted on 01/27/2023 4:38:43 AM PST by jimwatx
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To: RomanSoldier19

comfort women?


7 posted on 01/27/2023 4:43:17 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: EEGator

If this happens, it still won’t.

I suspect that’s the plan.


8 posted on 01/27/2023 4:45:42 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: mewzilla

I plead complete ignorance with respect to Danish politics and culture.


9 posted on 01/27/2023 5:07:10 AM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

All you need to know is that they don’t make Danes like they used to.

Sigh.


10 posted on 01/27/2023 5:08:32 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: mewzilla

That seems to apply to many countries.


11 posted on 01/27/2023 5:15:49 AM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Deep States are evil, not stupid.

And very good at what they do.


12 posted on 01/27/2023 5:17:46 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: mewzilla

We’re in agreement.

Truly stupid people sometimes get things correct by accident, always incorrect is malicious.


13 posted on 01/27/2023 5:20:37 AM PST by EEGator
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To: ComputerGuy

So it starts—Soon to be here in the USA and the west.


14 posted on 01/27/2023 5:22:40 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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To: RomanSoldier19

I’m surprised that Denmark is concerned about its military. I don’t think it has won a war since 1678.

In the 1970’s, Denmark proposed a Telephone Defense System in which the Soviets could call a telephone number and hear the following recorded message: мы сдаемся (we surrender).


15 posted on 01/27/2023 5:40:32 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To be fair, they have a population of 6 million. Like the Belgians, all they can really do is wave the enemy through at the border


16 posted on 01/27/2023 6:51:28 AM PST by ferret_airlift
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To: RomanSoldier19

A nation that needs to draft its women is a nation not worth defending.


17 posted on 01/27/2023 6:52:15 AM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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“A nation that needs to draft its women is a nation not worth defending.”

Israel?
They have mandatory military service for men and women. Women spend 2 years active duty and are in the reserves until age 38.


18 posted on 01/27/2023 7:29:54 AM PST by oldvirginian (A friend helps you move furniture. A Real friend helps you move bodies. Shhhh....)
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Israel?

I knew someone would bring up Israel. Keep in mind that they are a socialist country which was among the most furious early adopters of the COVID vax. They are fully capable of making society-destroying errors.
19 posted on 01/27/2023 8:59:11 AM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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Israel has been drafting women since 1948.
Socialist or not, for them its a matter of survival. Every woman they draft frees a man to fight in the field.
If you’re surrounded by people who want to kill you, you don’t tell your women they don’t need to learn to fire a gun.


20 posted on 01/27/2023 9:19:39 AM PST by oldvirginian (A friend helps you move furniture. A Real friend helps you move bodies. Shhhh....)
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