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Oh do shut up. National service was never suggested by either party, Rishi suggested it but that was solely because he's a twit, and he was never going to be allowed to implement it.
The military flat out told him that it was a stupid idea and they wouldn't support it. That's why he turned it into community service instead because the military part of it was never going to fly.
If this does turn into a war it's going to be fought with missiles and very few troops so forcing the military to train up a bunch of reluctant civilians is a waste of resources. Anyone with a modicum of military thinking would be able to identify that.
calm down.
Great rebuttal very detailed. Explain why I'm wrong
We're not arguing or at least I'm not. So calm down don't be rude.
I'm not being rude I was however pointing out that you were claiming something that was factually incorrect. The conservatives and labour have never suggested national service as a serious policy. So if you would like to provide some evidence for your claim that would be great.
You obviously lack self awareness and maybe social awareness too, so you may of not noticed the month long public back lash taking place when national service had been discussed by the Tories. It felt very real to many of us. As for labour, its a hunch and based in historical materialism, and an increased military propaganda. Large wars need soldiers, if the propaganda doesn't work then national service will.
War isn't for the working class, we have had no choice in the matter, and now with media spinning narratives we are manipulated into a pro war position to feed our tax's and lives into the military industrial complex this will make the greedy few a little richer.
So I am anti war, murdering each other is a grim idea for me.
The Israel Palestine war, my stance is the workers on both sides need a revolt and to overthrow the elite in their society.
Russia also needs to revolt and overthrow their government.
These two ideas won't happen though, as global superpowers won't want to harm the statuesque where a global revolution could take place.
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