Concerning the points - "Second, it'd actually be a massive burden. The army suddenly has to train a bunch of unmotivated teenager every single year, which in

Concerning the points - "Second, it'd actually be a massive burden. The army suddenly has to train a bunch of unmotivated teenager every single year, which in reality ends up being a LARP session in a local forest. This drains a huge amount of resources from the professional soldiers. And all those conscripts will not contribute anything meaningful to the economy while doing so." posted by crote at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36281486 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36281486 - "I've always thought of those compulsory military training schemes as a little silly. You have a bunch of unmotivated people that don't want to be there. You have to house them, feed them, train them for what, 3, 6, 12 months? Seems like a lot of money. How long will that training last for? How soon will you need retraining to be even considered marginally useful? Isn't it better to spend that money on professional soldiers?" posted by mszcz at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36281419 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36281419 Such European countries should rather attempt to train a voluntary partisan army for defense. I do believe that there are many people who would like to learn how to use a firearms (exacerbated by the fact that many European countries have rather strict firearm laws) and get military skills in courses that span over multiple weekends. The people who would voluntarily attend such courses tend to be highly motivated.