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Dud’s army: How on earth will Gen Z cope with conscription? | Ryan Coogan (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 10 months ago by leaskovski@kbin.social to c/unitedkingdom

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Young people in this country have had it too easy for too long, writes Ryan Coogan. If the pandemic, housing crisis and rotating cast of prime ministers didn’t toughen them up, perhaps a stint in the army will...

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 1 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Today, the head of the army warned that the British public will be called up to fight in the event that the UK goes to war with Russia, because the military as it stands is too small.

In response, Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood told Sky News that we should listen to the message carefully, as there is a “1939 feel to the world”, and the country is not ready for “what is coming over the horizon”.

Most of them didn’t even have to go to school for two years (sure, it was because of a deadly worldwide pandemic that permanently stunted their educational development and social skills, but still.

And even if they do serve their full term (unlikely), they’re so plagued with calls to step down and dastardly party plots that every day is an adventure.

Young people today are soft, and the only cure is to force them from their families and train them to kill our enemies.

And no, I don’t see the irony of forcing a group of people largely demonised as “soft” and “snowflakes” to be the last line of defence for the UK.

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