How do you assess the threat of conscription from the Polish Army?
"The Ministry of National Defense has launched the 2nd edition of the program "Train with the army during the holidays" - 2x more places (8,000 instead of 4). According to the head of the Ministry of National Defence, M. Błaszczak, "there were more volunteers than places". Saturday classes last 8 hours; they will be organized from mid-morning January to the end of February. Covers firearms, basic survival and first aid."
My feeling was this: it's very cool for the military to enter softly and create a marketing funnel that generates future recruits. But on the other hand:
"Among the 250,000 Poles appointed for military exercises, there was, among others, a 61-year-old doctor and a well-known musician Kuba Sienkiewicz - he is one of the leaders of Electric Guitars. 40 years ago he was serving in the People's Republic of Poland. The 61-year-old assistant professor of neurology ironically: "I'm happy about it. It's a very good vintage. High combat value. We'll make it. Like in 1939."
If even a 61-year-old doctor (sic!) is taken for forced exercise, it means that it really is bad. My colleague commented:
"This is probably what the military man at Ator said that they have 2 versions of conscription, the "voluntary" ones and those that call for forced exercises of green men and these exercises end with a forced military oath (for refusing 3 years of imprisonment), after which you are already a soldier (and for refusing to go for cannon fodder you get a minimum of 10 years in jail).
So in this second version you have standard kittening and everything, while in the first version you have what he called "home daycare". People can quit for no reason, and when that happens, those who run the groups get screwed by their superiors, SO... they pat them on the head there, apparently they even have game consoles and everything :D You get it. As long as they take the oath at the end, because then the leash is already on."
How do you assess the threat of conscription to the army?
"The Ministry of National Defense has launched the 2nd edition of the program "Train with the army during the holidays" - 2x more places (8,000 instead of 4). According to the head of the Ministry of National Defence, M. Błaszczak, "there were more volunteers than places". Saturday classes last 8 hours; they will be organized from mid-morning January to the end of February. Covers firearms, basic survival and first aid."
My feeling was this: it's very cool for the military to enter softly and create a marketing funnel that generates future recruits. But on the other hand:
"Among the 250,000 Poles appointed for military exercises, there was, among others, a 61-year-old doctor and a well-known musician Kuba Sienkiewicz - he is one of the leaders of Electric Guitars. 40 years ago he was serving in the People's Republic of Poland. The 61-year-old assistant professor of neurology ironically: "I'm happy about it. It's a very good vintage. High combat value. We'll make it. Like in 1939."
If even a 61-year-old doctor (sic!) is taken for forced exercise, it means that it really is bad. My colleague commented:
"This is probably what the military man at Ator said that they have 2 versions of conscription, the "voluntary" ones and those that call for forced exercises of green men and these exercises end with a forced military oath (for refusing 3 years of imprisonment), after which you are already a soldier (and for refusing to go for cannon fodder you get a minimum of 10 years in jail).
So in this second version you have standard kittening and everything, while in the first version you have what he called "home daycare". People can quit for no reason, and when that happens, those who run the groups get screwed by their superiors, SO... they pat them on the head there, apparently they even have game consoles and everything :D You get it. As long as they take the oath at the end, because then the leash is already on."
How do you assess the threat of conscription to the army?
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