General Sir Richard Sherriff tells Sky News that even if Russia is defeated in the war against Ukraine, it is going to remain determined to rebuild another empire, subjugate Ukraine, and then move on to other ex-Soviet countries, like NATO members. That could mean war with Russia.
  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
    752·
    11 months ago

    There is of course another option, which is to fully arm, equip, and support Ukraine, now.

    They can and will win with sufficient support, and its a far better investment than waiting for things to get far worse (and far more expensive).

    Money spent supporting Ukraine now, getting them to victory, represents a material savings over having to further spend later to fix the mistakes we’ve made in failing to fully support Ukraine up until now.

  • zarathustra0@lemmy.worldEnglish
    231·
    11 months ago

    Can’t we just take all of the sociopaths from the banking industry and stick them on the front line?

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      As long as we put the health insurance execs, the pharma execs and the big ag execs right there with them.

  • EdanGrey@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    11 months ago

    I think the government would find it difficult to make all the young people go. If they all protest, what are they going to do, put them in our overcrowded prisons?

  • hector@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    72·
    11 months ago

    Fuck them all. I’m not fighting their meaningless war…

    What does “Sir Richard Sheriff”, “Supreme Commander” of the army knows about life. I won’t let him choose how I die.

  • Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    88·
    11 months ago

    Of course a warmonger is going to advocate for conscription, but they are only going to want this until AI soldiers are ready to go.

    • MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      Nah, they’ll still be pushing people towards the deathbots as population control.

  • LesserAbe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    11 months ago

    First: a general thinks war is imminent? What a surprise.

    That said, 74k troops does seem pretty low.

    I think conscription has some value because if anyone can get called up at any time then a broader swath of the public has an incentive to oppose war. An all volunteer army means you’ve primarily got people who want to fight (not ideal from a favoring peace standpoint) or those who are economically disadvantaged, and who disproportionately bear the brunt of hawkish foreign policy.