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Does conscription mean sending poorly trained, disgruntled young people into battle, or can it encourage civic duty and help defend Europe?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The EU was formed explicitly to prevent new wars from happening in the continent. At this point we should reconsider this and admit something has gone terribly wrong.

Why? There are still no wars between EU countries. As such, the EU has been a huge success ^^