Posted on 03/02/2017 2:19:33 AM PST by csvset
Sweden set to reintroduce conscription: broadcaster SR Sweden's center-left government will decide on Thursday to reintroduce military conscription next year, amid lingering difficulties filling the ranks on a voluntary basis and a more uncertain security situation, public broadcaster SR reported.
The Nordic country mothballed compulsory military service in 2010, but military activity in the Baltic region has increased since, in the wake of Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, prompting Sweden to step up military preparedness.
The decision to reintroduce the draft, following recommendations by an official investigation, will cover both men and women born in 1999 or later, though only a minority will be selected to serve. "We have had trouble staffing the military units on a voluntary basis and that needs to be addressed somehow," Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist told public service radio SR. "Therefore it is necessary to reintroduce conscription."
The decision would entail the call-up of 4,000 men and women for military training in 2018 and 2019, SR reported. Sweden, which is not a NATO member, is upgrading its military, with a sharp hike in spending, and has reassigned troops to the Baltic Sea island of Gotland, besides urging local governments to step up contingency planning for a future war.
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oh my!
The Russians are coming and we don’t have a military.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTbL1hH19BE
really bad idea
Great, the dummies will draft Muslim animals and teach them how to kill Swedes. Best for Sweden? Have a “Going out of business” sale and shut the whole damned place down.
Draft the violent refugees and march them into the sea.
The new Swedish Janissary corps will sweep away all opposition to Sharia law!
That’s a “damned if they do and damned if they don’t” scenario. On the one hand, they don’t need the most Swedish able-bodied young people all away in the military and leaving society vulnerable to more predation from the muslimes. On the other hand, who in their right mind (if there any left in Swedish government) would put the same muslimes who are rioting and terrorising and raping Swedish citizens, into proximity with weapons and military training?
Ya, riiight! Give all those young Muslim refugees modern military training !
What could possibly go wrong?
Good thing the are drafting women. They can protect the emasculated Swedish men.
Good thing the are drafting women. They can protect the emasculated Swedish men.
Now, whyever would Sweden do this?
Could it have something to do with the influx of “refugees” that they have welcomed?
/sarc
Well, it says “though only a minority will be selected to serve.” - Muzzies are a minority, so it could be ALL muzzies.
Do they drop the height, weight, physical fitness standards and body fat standards for the gals?
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