02-05-2014, 10:38 AM
David Guyatt Wrote:Hiw will the bankrupt Ukraine pay for military conscription?
Quote:Ukraine crisis: Interim government to reintroduce military conscription in face of Russian security threat
President Turchynov said he made the decision in light of Russian "threats" against "Ukrainian integrity"
KASHMIRA GANDER
Thursday 01 May 2014
The interim Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov announced on Thursday that the country will renew military conscription, in response to what the government views as an intensifying security threat from Russia.
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I don't think conscription is a sensible thing. It's not likely going to happen anyway. They are having a hard enough time getting a volunteer force besides the ever reliable fascist tools to turn on fellow Ukrainians. Forcing unwilling people to fight each other for no benefit wont fly. Decentralization or federation is the only practical outcome from now. I don't see Putin wanting a western empire, though the Black Sea fleet is safer now, just not wanting a western expansionist empire on his door step. Any conscripts will have to be, and probably are, being brought in on a contract by Academi, Executive Outcomes etc. And the bill will never be able to be paid off no matter how much blood is spilled.
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