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Originally Posted by MovedtoBolton
Corporal punisment - YES! couldn't agree more, even capital punishment where proof is irrefutable. National Service IMHO no, Why? Because conscripts don't make good soldiers - of course there will be those who can cite exceptions and in Korea, Suez, Aden and similar conflicts good national service men fought and died and I for one am proud of them all.
However, looking at more recent evidence, the majority of Argentinian troops occupying the Falklands in '82 were conscripts as were the majority of Iraqi forces in both Gulf conflicts. In both these confilcts the serious resistance can from what the press called "elite" units not from the conscripted regiments. A soldier who has no interest in being in the fray is no soldier at all. I honestly believe that the modern british military, strectched that it is would not be a better force if we armed our hooligans and chavs and sent them overseas to fight. Even worse, try to win hearts and minds of the local populace.
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I stated earlier that I think front line should still be voluntary (as in joining up), and our hooligans and chavs would cease to exist if they were conscripted, some of them would relish being able to change without ridicule from their peers.