German draft likely to be abolished

Schroeder · 08-25-10, 05:48 PM

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I'm actually for the draft. I think it's the only way from keeping us from having to take everyone who volunteers for whatever reasons. I don't like the idea of getting American conditions here, where recruiters go to social hotspots to seek for desperate people who they can persuade to join the armed forces. I don't think that this improves neither the overall performance of an Army nor the reputation it has (and this being a big factor in my opinion).
But since only a handful of people get drafted these days it's simply an unjust system. You either take them all or no one. When I began to study I had a fellow student who was 19... I spend my 20th birthday on an exercise ground of the Army.... He came fresh from school. He was "unfit for service" (ausgemustert) due to "weak sinews"....or so the doctors said .... that left a somehow bitter taste in my mouth since that guy was taking part in semi professional mountain-bike races on a federal level.

08-25-10, 05:48 PM	#4
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	@Skybird I'm actually for the draft. I think it's the only way from keeping us from having to take everyone who volunteers for whatever reasons. I don't like the idea of getting American conditions here, where recruiters go to social hotspots to seek for desperate people who they can persuade to join the armed forces. I don't think that this improves neither the overall performance of an Army nor the reputation it has (and this being a big factor in my opinion). But since only a handful of people get drafted these days it's simply an unjust system. You either take them all or no one. When I began to study I had a fellow student who was 19... I spend my 20th birthday on an exercise ground of the Army.... He came fresh from school. He was "unfit for service" (ausgemustert) due to "weak sinews"....or so the doctors said .... that left a somehow bitter taste in my mouth since that guy was taking part in semi professional mountain-bike races on a federal level. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.