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Sweden reintroduces military draft
« on: March 03, 2017, 09:23:20 AM »
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/02/europe/sweden-conscription/

Not enough volounteers, so draft is reintroduced on limited scale.
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Re: Sweden reintroduces military draft
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2017, 10:07:44 AM »
I read an article on this last night and was surprised to see that Norway has also reintroduced the draft, and both countries are drafting men and women.
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Re: Sweden reintroduces military draft
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2017, 10:24:53 AM »

Old Swedish army joke. "We'll defend our land to the very last Finn!"

Seriously, good for Sweden. But it's only a couple thousand conscripts.
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Re: Sweden reintroduces military draft
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2017, 01:30:59 AM »
I still have my old draft card around somewhere.  Figured since it was against the law to destroy it, I kept it.

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Re: Sweden reintroduces military draft
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2017, 12:55:20 PM »
Since they're going to be "testing" potential conscripts both physically and mentally, I foresee an opportunity for much hilarity.
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Re: Sweden reintroduces military draft
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2017, 09:20:13 PM »
Since they're going to be "testing" potential conscripts both physically and mentally, I foresee an opportunity for much hilarity.

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