Sweden returns a call to the army in connection with the threat from Russia

[Lieldoryn]

The Swedish Parliament has decided again to introduce compulsory military conscription. 1 January 4 thousands of men and women will be called up for military service. This told the press Secretary of the Swedish Ministry of defence Marinette, Radebe.

Recruits will choose from 13 thousand young people born in 1999. Selection in the army is physical and psychological indicators.

Sweden – a neutral country, but this stems from the concern of the government about Russian military activity in the Baltic.

Return to call due to "the changes in our community... the activity of the Russian military - one of the reasons," he said Radebe.

In September, Sweden had restored the military garrison on the island of Gotland, which lies between Sweden and the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

The military will serve from 9 to 12 months. Mandatory conscription in Sweden was canceled in 2010. Called on only men. Sweden is not a NATO member, but cooperates in the military sphere with NATO and neighbouring Finland.

[RJX]

Conscription isn't half bad. A lot of youngsters have been born and raised in liberty and some of them seem to have difficulties respecting other raised in the same sphere.

And I guess if you feel threatened by a neighbouring nation, why not?

[Xester]

The Swedish Parliament has decided again to introduce compulsory military conscription. 1 January 4 thousands of men and women will be called up for military service. This told the press Secretary of the Swedish Ministry of defence Marinette, Radebe.

Recruits will choose from 13 thousand young people born in 1999. Selection in the army is physical and psychological indicators.

Sweden – a neutral country, but this stems from the concern of the government about Russian military activity in the Baltic.

Return to call due to "the changes in our community... the activity of the Russian military - one of the reasons," he said Radebe.

In September, Sweden had restored the military garrison on the island of Gotland, which lies between Sweden and the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

The military will serve from 9 to 12 months. Mandatory conscription in Sweden was canceled in 2010. Called on only men. Sweden is not a NATO member, but cooperates in the military sphere with NATO and neighbouring Finland.

That is not a bad idea but rather a good one. It does not only provide additional military force if a threat occurs but it also will train the youth about discipline and patriotism. Sweden though a neutral country must prepare for any odds that will come its way. As the saying goes prevention is better than cure, that is why training people to increase military power is one way of leveling up the country's defense from any external threat.

[Lancusters]

Conscription isn't half bad. A lot of youngsters have been born and raised in liberty and some of them seem to have difficulties respecting other raised in the same sphere.

And I guess if you feel threatened by a neighbouring nation, why not?

I think that all the countries should be well prepared reserve. The army of course needs to be professional. I think the right way to make a year of army majors and one month annual practice must be in any state.

[GreenBits]

Although I hate to see any kind of draft, one of the duties of living in a place is being prepared to defend it against foreign aggression. With that being said, I find it highly unlikely that Sweden will actually go to war with Russia, so the worse that will come of this is that alot of young adults will get a salary, a free resume builder, and discipline. The armed forces aren't for me, but they do build character and discipline. I'm for anything that builds a better person. And soldiers put their lives on the line for defense of home, which I have the utmost respect for.

[Okurkabinladin]

Conscription isn't half bad. A lot of youngsters have been born and raised in liberty and some of them seem to have difficulties respecting other raised in the same sphere.

And I guess if you feel threatened by a neighbouring nation, why not?

Russia and Sweden never shared land border in the past hundred years 

I think it is obvious that this is all ruse to somehow get out tens of thousands of immigrant Africans and Arabs out of their ghettos and force them to socialize and learn discipline. I doubt it will be very effective as modern armed forces are not very effective at stomping out extremism or tribal mentality. They will learn how to use guns properly, though.

[signature200]

Although I hate to see any kind of draft, one of the duties of living in a place is being prepared to defend it against foreign aggression. With that being said, I find it highly unlikely that Sweden will actually go to war with Russia, so the worse that will come of this is that alot of young adults will get a salary, a free resume builder, and discipline. The armed forces aren't for me, but they do build character and discipline. I'm for anything that builds a better person. And soldiers put their lives on the line for defense of home, which I have the utmost respect for.

Why do you think that the Swedes will go to war with Russia? The Swedes want to be able to protect themselves from the Russians. Russian strain of the whole world. These aggressive orcs threaten everyone.

[giantdragon]

Conscription isn't half bad. A lot of youngsters have been born and raised in liberty and some of them seem to have difficulties respecting other raised in the same sphere.

Why some organization (government) can force other people to do free work? Conscription is a form of slavery!
It may be morally acceptable if govt required people to serve in army to get welfare or so called "basic income", but never for free!

And I guess if you feel threatened by a neighbouring nation, why not?

Sweden vs Russia is guaranteedly 0:1 in a war game.

[Mometaskers]

IMHO it should be mandatory in any country. It's a small price to pay for living in said country. It's not like they'll send you to a war zone, you are just being prepared to defend your homeland against threats, be they external or home-grown. I think the best way to make this more palatable to people is to highlight that their forefathers have fought for their country before and you can view this as a tribute to their heroism.

Conscription isn't half bad. A lot of youngsters have been born and raised in liberty and some of them seem to have difficulties respecting other raised in the same sphere.

And I guess if you feel threatened by a neighbouring nation, why not?

Russia and Sweden never shared land border in the past hundred years 

I think it is obvious that this is all ruse to somehow get out tens of thousands of immigrant Africans and Arabs out of their ghettos and force them to socialize and learn discipline. I doubt it will be very effective as modern armed forces are not very effective at stomping out extremism or tribal mentality. They will learn how to use guns properly, though.

Then that's more reason to not allow them anywhere near guns.  I believe some countries (Israel for example) make exemptions based on religious beliefs and other things (parenthood, criminal record, etc). There is one notable exemption though - Singapore. They routinely imprison Jehova's Witnesses for refusing the draft. If Sweden ever get a right-wing, anti-immigration gov't, they'll probably love the idea.

[giantdragon]

IMHO it should be mandatory in any country. It's a small price to pay for living in said country. It's not like they'll send you to a war zone, you are just being prepared to defend your homeland against threats, be they external or home-grown. I think the best way to make this more palatable to people is to highlight that their forefathers have fought for their country before and you can view this as a tribute to their heroism.

1. Why I have to do something while getting nothing in return? It is the slavery!
2. Why I have to defend some gang (they call themselves "government") if I don't support them?

[Cherry Girl]

IMHO it should be mandatory in any country. It's a small price to pay for living in said country. It's not like they'll send you to a war zone, you are just being prepared to defend your homeland against threats, be they external or home-grown. I think the best way to make this more palatable to people is to highlight that their forefathers have fought for their country before and you can view this as a tribute to their heroism.

Conscription isn't half bad. A lot of youngsters have been born and raised in liberty and some of them seem to have difficulties respecting other raised in the same sphere.

And I guess if you feel threatened by a neighbouring nation, why not?

Russia and Sweden never shared land border in the past hundred years 

I think it is obvious that this is all ruse to somehow get out tens of thousands of immigrant Africans and Arabs out of their ghettos and force them to socialize and learn discipline. I doubt it will be very effective as modern armed forces are not very effective at stomping out extremism or tribal mentality. They will learn how to use guns properly, though.

Then that's more reason to not allow them anywhere near guns.  I believe some countries (Israel for example) make exemptions based on religious beliefs and other things (parenthood, criminal record, etc). There is one notable exemption though - Singapore. They routinely imprison Jehova's Witnesses for refusing the draft. If Sweden ever get a right-wing, anti-immigration gov't, they'll probably love the idea.

Even no one will force you to serve. There will still be a contract army. It has already been proven that this is effective. As one learned philosopher said, you want peace, prepare for war. Maybe this is the case.

[giantdragon]

You right-wingers always say "There are no free lunches". But when asked about serving in army, you say involuntary conscription is good. What damn hypocrisy?!!!

[numismatist]

Sweden – a neutral country, but this stems from the concern of the government about Russian military activity in the Baltic.

How often did Sweden got occupied by the russians?

Russia and Sweden never shared land border in the past hundred years 

Maybe that's the answer. Just maybe militarism doesn't need sane reasonings, but tax moneh instead. Vast amounts of that, to play their games.

[Cxfan]

13,000 doesn't seem like a whole lot of recruits considering Sweden's population. I wonder what specific criteria they will look at for picking out the unlucky conscripts.

[Sithara007]

Sweden is already broke from the 70% tax rate. Now they are going to increase their military spending without any reason and it will create a sharp spike in their federal debt. If Russia actually want to invade Sweden, then no matter what the Swedes do, the Russians will complete the invasion in a day or two. The Swedish army consisting of emasculated android males is no match for the 2 million strong Russian army.

[criptix]

Sweden is already broke from the 70% tax rate. Now they are going to increase their military spending without any reason and it will create a sharp spike in their federal debt. If Russia actually want to invade Sweden, then no matter what the Swedes do, the Russians will complete the invasion in a day or two. The Swedish army consisting of emasculated android males is no match for the 2 million strong Russian army.

Sweden has barely 50% debt to gdp with a yearly gdp growth of 3-4%.
Sweden is one of strongest economies in the world.

These trump supporters. I slowly get the thing with alternative facts and reality.

Russians wont invade for the same reasons why the sowjets didnt couldnt invade Scandinavia.

[Marcus_2017]

Sweden is already broke from the 70% tax rate. Now they are going to increase their military spending without any reason and it will create a sharp spike in their federal debt. If Russia actually want to invade Sweden, then no matter what the Swedes do, the Russians will complete the invasion in a day or two. The Swedish army consisting of emasculated android males is no match for the 2 million strong Russian army.

Once again convinced that the Russian never learn from their mistakes. Did you forget how hard you fought in 1940, you were at war with Finland? In Sweden you will be the same. Putin and the Russians are all crazy. They need to organize a global boycott.

[Mometaskers]

IMHO it should be mandatory in any country. It's a small price to pay for living in said country. It's not like they'll send you to a war zone, you are just being prepared to defend your homeland against threats, be they external or home-grown. I think the best way to make this more palatable to people is to highlight that their forefathers have fought for their country before and you can view this as a tribute to their heroism.

1. Why I have to do something while getting nothing in return? It is the slavery!
2. Why I have to defend some gang (they call themselves "government") if I don't support them?

1. By that same token we can also call taxes economic slavery. They take our money yet we don't really have much of a say on how they actually spend it. Use mah money to feed those freeloaders? How dare they! Should we refuse to pay our taxes?

2. I was thinking more in the line of a defensive war. I don't see anything wrong in spending a few months a year in a military camp training to fight off invaders. When they do come in, it wouldn't really matter whether you like your government or not.

IMHO it should be mandatory in any country. It's a small price to pay for living in said country. It's not like they'll send you to a war zone, you are just being prepared to defend your homeland against threats, be they external or home-grown. I think the best way to make this more palatable to people is to highlight that their forefathers have fought for their country before and you can view this as a tribute to their heroism.

Conscription isn't half bad. A lot of youngsters have been born and raised in liberty and some of them seem to have difficulties respecting other raised in the same sphere.

And I guess if you feel threatened by a neighbouring nation, why not?

Russia and Sweden never shared land border in the past hundred years 

I think it is obvious that this is all ruse to somehow get out tens of thousands of immigrant Africans and Arabs out of their ghettos and force them to socialize and learn discipline. I doubt it will be very effective as modern armed forces are not very effective at stomping out extremism or tribal mentality. They will learn how to use guns properly, though.

Then that's more reason to not allow them anywhere near guns.  I believe some countries (Israel for example) make exemptions based on religious beliefs and other things (parenthood, criminal record, etc). There is one notable exemption though - Singapore. They routinely imprison Jehova's Witnesses for refusing the draft. If Sweden ever get a right-wing, anti-immigration gov't, they'll probably love the idea.

Even no one will force you to serve. There will still be a contract army. It has already been proven that this is effective. As one learned philosopher said, you want peace, prepare for war. Maybe this is the case.

You can never be too safe. If war do break out, you'd want additional people to supplement your standing army. Better train them before war come than rushing to cram everything in their heads as the enemy forces closes in. Maybe train civilians for a year or two, and then just give them a month-long refresher course every year or so.

[MattScott]

You probably mean a model army in Switzerland? A very similar model of the army and in Israel. I think Sweden will come to this model and the renewal of the call is only the first step to reform the Swedish army.

[giantdragon]

1. By that same token we can also call taxes economic slavery. They take our money yet we don't really have much of a say on how they actually spend it. Use mah money to feed those freeloaders? How dare they! Should we refuse to pay our taxes?

Taxes presumed to be spent for public benefit (however in many countries corrupt government officers steal large part of taxes, so people try to evade them by all means). I know that Swedes are happy to pay high taxes because in exchange they get excellent infrastructure, free education and healthcare, public housing etc. Welfare keeps unlucky people feed, so they don't steal, rob, burn cars. See it as a payment for your security.

I was thinking more in the line of a defensive war. I don't see anything wrong in spending a few months a year in a military camp training to fight off invaders. When they do come in, it wouldn't really matter whether you like your government or not.

What if some people don't want to defend government and political system he opposes?! If forced to serve in army, he can sabotage and fight against own forces. A lot of examples during WWII.