"International tensions empower politicians seeking to force the unwilling into government 
service.
Europe’s first war between more-or-less peer powers in over 70 years
upsets a lot of assumptions. .... But renewed fears
also offer governments that fear international dangers or just want an
excuse to regiment their societies an opportunity to revive the
unfortunate and previously fading practice of conscription. “The Russian
attempt to subjugate Ukraine has catapulted the world back a good 30 to
40 years to the Cold War era when highly armed military blocs faced off
against each other in the middle of Europe,” Deutsche Welle’s Bernd
Riegert wrote in March. “Germany and other states could find themselves
forced to reintroduce conscription if they want to train enough
personnel and reservists to build up an effective deterrent.” Wolfgang
Hellmich, a lawmaker and member of the defense committee from Germany’s
ruling Social Democratic Party called for just that." MichaelSavage.com
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