Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Why Europe is Reinstating Conscription" video.

  1. I think the idea of fighting for one's country, really depends on the reasons, and over the last two decades, a lot more people are starting to realise that it's not worth it because a lot of wars are being fought over political ambitions and not for wanting to defend one's country or do the right thing, you only have to look at the Iraqi war 2 decades ago, that war and the motives for it broke a lot of trust in the US and some European countries. Personally, I don't have a problem being part of the military if it's to defend my own country or to do the right thing around the world, but I've got no interest in joining it to go on forign adventures because a government fancy taking on a country, and as I was younger, me and one of my friends had an interest in joining the military, but we both changed our minds on that because we woke up and realised that many wars are being fought for the wrong reasons, something that I've got zero interest in being dragged into. So if it's to defend one's country or to do the right thing around the world, like say in Ukraine, helping them to defend their homeland, then I'm all for that, but anything else, I've got zero interest, and clearly a lot more people are losing interest over the last few decades in Europe and North America and I think the real blame is the governments for playing games with peoples lives. As for conscription, I don't have a problem with that, in fact, it's probably a good idea to give everyone basic military training, but not if it means being forced into any wars that governments cook up, the reasons have to be right for gong to war, not just having a government wanting to go to war with a country because it needs to bump up the military budget and needs a target to justify that, something the US does a lot. Basically, the stats on who would fight don't mean anything because it really depends on the motives on why the need to fight is needed, that would change those stats a lot for many of us.
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