Europe: soldiers and young people flee armies
By Pierre Duval – Continental Observer – 26.03.2024
The populations from immigration are not interested in the military uniform to lead the wars of the Occident, nor are the other young people of these countries. Most migrants support Russia. Calls by NATO leaders to recruit soldiers in a crusade against Russia are shunned by recruits who have begun to flee.
French Army Minister Sebastien Lecornu, unveiled his plan to end the increase in departures in the French army. «It is no longer a question of recruiting new soldiers so much as of persuading existing troops not to resign», states Politico. «These conversations now exist in all capitals, in all democracies that have professional armies without conscription», emphasizes the English-speaking media. Western armies can no longer recruit and lack soldiers.
Even Germany is affected. A recent annual report submitted to the German Parliament showed in 2023, some 1,537 soldiers left the Bundeswehr, reducing it to 181,514 troops. Europeans do not want to die for a war their elites want. This reflects the resistance of the populations in Europe against the WAR of the EU against Russia.
In France, according to official data, the military recruit remains in the armed forces for a year on average, less than before the outbreak of the military conflict in Ukraine. In the UK, the annual shortage of personnel is 1,100 men, equivalent to two infantry battalions. The British government signed a recruitment contract with a private company Capita, but this did not succeed.
“The problem is not in being recruited, but in the retention of soldiers, we must also preserve their families’, chief of naval operations of the US Navy,” admiral Lisa Franchetti announced at a conference in Paris. “It appears that the wives of military personnel have begun asking for divorce more often.”
“To train and retain the right people once they have been recruited has become the great challenge of an army without conscription,” stressed the Minister at a seminar of those responsible for all military services. In 2023, the French military finished with 3,000 unfilled posts.
The French plan provides assistance to military personnel in finding housing, access to health care and childcare services’. Married couples in which the husband and wife both work in the Defence Ministry, even if one of them is a civilian, will be able to change their position, i.e., by mutual consent.
One of the main measures of the French plan aims to increase the attractiveness of military service is to increase pensions and wages. «But the problem is that the conditions of employment are simply not so attractive, with chronic overtime, absences of several months from home and missed recovery periods», adds Politico.
The new Polish government recently announced a 20% increase in military salaries, seeking to maintain at least the current level of troops. The minimum monthly salary of the soldier will increase from 1,150 euros to 1,394 euros.
By the end of the year, the number of the Polish military is expected to increase to 220,000 people, as reported par Rzeczy Do in reference to the statement by Polish defence minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz. Thus, the overall objective is to increase the number of the Polish military to 300,000 people. But even the wage increase is not motivating the average Pole to shed his blood on the fields of Ukraine.
In Germany, the Scholz government wants to increase the number of its armed forces to 203,000 by the early 2030s, but recruitment is increasing very slowly, warns Politico. Eva Hogl, Bundestag Military Commissioner, stated that it was necessary to restore conscription to military service, and that it is better to attract more women to the military Last year’s legislation aims to make military conditions more attractive for women, especially with regard to the increase in support for children.
In Denmark, the population is so adverse to serving in the army that the government has decided to extend compulsory military service to women and to increase its service from 4 to 11 months.
The UK has also recently admitted that it is having difficulty finding recruits. The UK Defense Journal reports that the British army has not met its recruitment targets every year since 2010. According to a recent YouGov survey, 38% of Britons under the age of 40 say that they will refuse to serve in the armed forces in the event of a new world war, and 30% say they will not serve even if their country is threatened with an imminent invasion.
“The problem is common to all European countries, including France, Italy and Spain,” stated Vincenzo Bove to Euronews, professor of political science at University of Warwick in the UK. “I do not think only one country is spared by this situation. ”
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Bove referred to recent polls that show that the youth of the European Union is massively opposed to wars, against the increase in military spending and against military operations abroad’. They are also more individualistic and less patriotic than ten years ago. And the population in Europe is aging and shrinking. The armies of NATO have also decreased to adapt to these changes: the British, Italian and French armies are now almost half of what they were 10 or 20 years ago.
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That's how it goes when war is only good business for the ones who is good at creating it.
A citizen's patriotism has nothing to do with the current military recruitment malaise in the west.
On the contrary, it has everything to do with the very simple understanding that is beginning to dawn on ordinary humanity across virtually all nations.
Yes, there are exceptions for example Russia. It has little issue with maintaining military readiness because every citizen in the country knows beyond a shadow of a doubt, if Russia is not fully prepared to rebuff and repel outside aggression from the global plutocracy / kleptocracy, then it means literally the death of every Russian at the hand of west as well as the theft / confiscation of every shred of wealth / assets / natural capital that exists within the borders of Russia. Brings clarity to the mind to know your extinction hangs in the balance with those that wish to kill you and subjugate you.
Citizenry in the west on the other hand, they are beginning to awaken to these simple truths:
1- The government / plutocracy exist to subjugate you, control you, steal from you, imprison you at will.
2- The government / plutocracy lies to you with impunity and does not give a damn whether you know that or not.
3- You and your family will die and be impoverished at the whim and directive of evil / corrupt / people of absolute debauchery, simply because they can do this to you. For those in power, death is merely an entertainment... a sport no more consequential than chuckles at the club over a rare whiskey and cigar among brethren... or no more consequential than the latest soiree or afternoon tea party in the garden among the chattering class, swilling delicious champagne.
The commoner is but cattle, a bovine to be slaughtered or a sheep to be shorn. The elites you must understand... the elites know what's best for you and why you exist to serve them.
Just ask them, they will happily educate you as to your place in the world.