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Some EU and NATO countries are thinking about sending their military to Ukraine on the basis of bilateral agreements (standard.sk)

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[–] rando895@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I wonder, given how the west is starting to have a lot of distrust in the government and given the political divisions forming, if a call for war and the subsequent draft wouldn't end in civil wars across the west. How many people legitimately would want to fight for the countries they live in right now? The right wing maybe, but they likely don't give a damn about supporting a government they see as, whatever right wingers think.

Or would it strengthen internal ties?

In short; everyone go get diagnosed with bone spurs!

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 8 months ago

How many people legitimately would want to fight for the countries they live in right now

And how many would actively resist? Everyone says they don't trust their government, that it's corrupt and needs to change, yadda yadda. But the moment the ghost of Russia, China or communism appears - brains turn off and it's full on goose step. Will the citizens of Poland, Germany, Moldova actually fight their governments should those governments begin conscription? Or will they hunker down and pray somebody else gets nabbed? "Sure I don't want to die for the government, but someone should!"