Compulsory military service Whaddya reckon?

[nero_bolt]

She is an A grade bucket mouth and  nutter BUT does this idea of hers hold merit

Is it a  good idea or not

Me i like the idea

Lots of benefits would come from it and it would help a lot of unemployed youth get some experience, some training and even some pride in themselves

[cherry*135]

some people have poor memories.

'' I can't remember where I bought the candy bowl for Halloween just gone that broke before we used it''

[cherry*135]

I told you, we were taught it.

That really proves nothing. It is based on your recollections. You have already stated you don't remember much... re Halloween bowl.

Compuslory military service - not likely to be reinstated seems to be the consensus.

[*lady*godiva*]

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@debra9275 wrote:

I read it, but I still haven't seen any stats or articles supporting your earlier post, I can only take it that it was an opinion of "someone"

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It said exactly what you asked about! You asked about the ineffectiveness of the free uni policy bought in by Gough! It confirmed that as FACT.

[li.vish]

Hello, everyone. This discussion is getting a little heated. Could we please communicate with a more civil tone. Thanks!

[cherry*135]

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@*lady*godiva* wrote:

Rather than concern yourself with the epistemology of others, it would serve you better to engage in some research and provide yourself with at least something on which to evaluate your own.

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I don't agree with your view above, it is OTT.  This is a discussion board not a university tutorial.

However, as this thread is specifically about compulsory miltiary service, I shall in future only make posts relating to that topic.

[cherry*135]

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@*lady*godiva* wrote:

If you want more detail - freakin google it and research for yourself. I have no interest in the level of ignorance you wish to maintain or to suppliment your laziness - I started you off on relevant search terms.

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Jacquie Lambie claims (from her military experiences) that abuse is common in the Armed Forces and wants something done about this. At the same time she wants to pluck young people off the street and force them to spend time in the Armed Forces.

[cherry*135]

Sept 2014

Palmer United Party senator Jacqui Lambie has called for a royal commission into the Defence Force and the Department of Veterans Affairs over what she calls a "cover-up of appallingly high levels of abuse".

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-03/lambie-calls-for-royal-commission-into-military-top-brass/5717...

[polksaladallie]

Maybe she thinks that young people, some of whom have been abused, should go into the army for some more abuse.

That's what abusive parents do.  Hit some more, thinking that will do the trick and put them on the straight and narrow.

[tall_bearded01]

Quite frankly, Lamble has now, on more than one occasion, proved herself to be of suboptimal intelligence.

The days are long gone when you could train someone up in a few months and get them combat ready. Now it takes years. That is, it’s no longer simply a case of give them a gun, teach them how to march and shoot and the jobs done.

What is required are competent, highly trained and dedicated professionals who get the enemy to die for their country while coming home alive themselves, and you are not going to do that with a conscript army, and the last army that tried, left a tail of bodies from Kuwait to the Iraqi border.

In fact conscripts pose a significant threat to moral and the maintenance of good order and military discipline as those of us who were regulars and around when the nashos were in will recall. Most didn’t want to be there, and had no problem making sure that everyone knew exactly that.

[debra9275]

Too true TB