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Originally Posted by Anonymouse
And has anyone thought to ask the Regulars what they think? I doubt it. It's all very well expecting National Service draftees to pursue peacetime roles (not that a lot of 'em aren't doing that already). But what happens if they're actually called up?!
Ask a 20-year squaddie if s/he wants an untrained civilian, a mere 18 years of age at that, to back them up in a firefight. You think the Armed Forces are down now? Regulars will quit en masse in self-preservation, and hang their pensions - you can't spend money if you're dead!
No, the Tories are doomed now. For a whole bunch of reasons, this will never fly.
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The subject cropped up over lunch in the mess with a couple of them during my visit to Blandford today. The WO1 had a similar opinion to mine, that is that it would be better to give the option to youngsters who commit crime.
I told them I had a sigh of relief that I'm way to old, as discipline and me never got on.