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As Denmark plans to make national service mandatory for young women, some say they are ready to 'send a signal to Russia'
Australian Broadcasting Corporation ^ | Tue 14 May 2024 | Kathryn Diss

Posted on 05/20/2024 7:57:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Bjørg Hjorth Nørgaard, 19, has not finished high school yet but has already enlisted to pay a duty to her country.

The young woman has volunteered for Denmark's four-month military training camp before university, fully aware that war has returned to Europe.

"It's a personal journey … I have signed up at my own free will," she said.

"It's no longer an argument that men fight wars, women do it as well now."

Young men in the country have for a long time been conscripted based on a lottery system.

If your number is called, it is compulsory to attend four months of basic military training, although others are welcome to join voluntarily, including women.

But Denmark's government is planning to make it gender-neutral, meaning 18-year-old women will be in the lottery too.

The time commitment for conscripts will also increase to 11 months so trainees can learn more combat skills.

"It has a more serious note now … and there's this more serious aspect of war in Europe that has an effect on all of us," Bjørg said.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: conscription; denmark; draft; kathryndiss; putin; putinbotinfestation; russia; serious; thedenmark; theputin; therussia
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To: Rdct29

Army General Pressured Assessment Panel to Help Career of ‘Ineffective’ Officer
Military.com ^ | March 19, 2024 | Steve Beynon

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4238994/posts


21 posted on 05/20/2024 8:17:14 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Russian soldiers will enjoy this addition to the Denmark fighting forces. Can you say "squeal like a pig"? I knew you could.


22 posted on 05/20/2024 8:18:37 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: MinorityRepublican

RE: As Denmark plans to make national service mandatory for young women

Well, no escape for even transgenders I see...


23 posted on 05/20/2024 8:19:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Jonty30
It used to be that using women in war was as signal that you had no men.

When the Taiping launched their revolt against the Ching Dynasty in 1850, their Heavenly Leader thought every man, woman, and child was an infantryman first. Ching regulars were shocked at how many women and children soldiers they encountered on the front.

After about a year into the war, reality set in and Taiping had to change their policy of women and children in combat because their units were performing so poorly on the battlefield.

24 posted on 05/20/2024 8:21:07 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: MinorityRepublican
...it will send a signal to Russia and the US as well...

Signal received, Dane! Loud and clear!

johnny-automatic-head-up-ass

25 posted on 05/20/2024 8:23:49 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: dfwgator

Excellent


26 posted on 05/20/2024 8:32:13 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SeekAndFind

For both pretendaboys AND pretendagirls....


27 posted on 05/20/2024 8:33:58 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: moovova

Is she biracial? Does not look pure Danish.


28 posted on 05/20/2024 8:41:49 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: MinorityRepublican; All

“The Poles and the Ukrainians are protecting Western Europe from the Russians.”


Well I, for one, feel like Europe is safe now that Ukraine is nearly defeated, and Warsaw is banning crosses, while mandating pronouns. /s

https://notesfrompoland.com/2024/05/16/warsaw-bans-display-of-religious-symbols-in-city-hall/


29 posted on 05/20/2024 8:45:27 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: Reverend Wright
Worst case scenario, the Russians conquer Ukraine. Then they attack the Baltics.

Even at that point, they're not going to attack Poland.

So the Euroweenies are safe. For now.

30 posted on 05/20/2024 8:52:10 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: All

Relevant. Although, Putin just got rid of his Defense Minister.

31 posted on 05/20/2024 8:54:05 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

And Ursula von der Leyen (the one on the right), is now the President of the European Commission.


32 posted on 05/20/2024 8:55:35 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Are any of the people in that old photo still in those jobs?


33 posted on 05/20/2024 9:03:05 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: MinorityRepublican

Not a single one of those people in the photo still hold that job.

Bjørn Arild Gram is the current Minister of Defence of Norway.

Pål Jonson, Sweden’s minister of defence.

Minister of Defence, Boris Pistorius for Germany.

Kajsa Ollongren for the Netherlands.

Andrey Belousov for Russia.


34 posted on 05/20/2024 9:11:24 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12
Not a single one of those people in the photo still hold that job.

Yeah but they're still weak in NATO. The Americans run the show.

35 posted on 05/20/2024 9:21:40 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: ansel12

They came to their senses and canned the girlbosses?


36 posted on 05/20/2024 9:25:44 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Not sure what that meant but when a meme is so out of date that 100% of it is wrong, then it is time to quit using it to show people who currently holds those offices.


37 posted on 05/20/2024 9:25:47 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Nervous Tick

One of us would have to look into it to learn about the elections and new administrations etc., but there has been a great military awakening in NATO and all of Europe since Russia launched their invasion.


38 posted on 05/20/2024 9:28:30 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12
Not sure what that meant but when a meme is so out of date that 100% of it is wrong

So? The point remains the same. Europe is weak.

39 posted on 05/20/2024 9:32:32 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Weak compared to what?

More importantly just say that Europe is weak or post a source if you believe that, don’t post fake memes.


40 posted on 05/20/2024 9:46:41 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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