The majority of Western countries eliminated compulsory military service after the fall of the Berlin Wall (Germany did so in 2011, Spain in 2002). Will it be back to prepare the Europeans for a long war, nasty war? #war #peace #europe #nato
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00:00Welcome to our weekly video story. In this episode, we will tell why Europe is preparing for war.
00:06As a background to the story, care to know that a majority of Western countries eliminated compulsory military service after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
00:15Germany did so in 2011, and Spain in 2002.
00:20Will compulsory military service be back to prepare the Europeans for a long war, nasty war?
00:26War is no longer a thing of the past, a long distant memory in Europe.
00:31Things are changing, and it all started when Russia invaded Ukraine.
00:35Now, many European countries are preparing for the worst.
00:40Bjarke Smith-Meyer recently wrote an analysis for the American magazine Politico, whose beginning was resounding.
00:47Europe is preparing for war.
00:50Polish President Donald Tusk put it clearly in an interview with the German magazine Die Welt.
00:55He assured that Europe is experiencing an evident pre-war stage.
00:59As reported by CNN, Tusk said,
01:02War is no longer a concept from the past. It is real, and it started over two years ago.
01:09The most worrying thing at the moment is that literally any scenario is possible.
01:14We haven't seen a situation like this since 1945.
01:18Leaders like Macron believe that it is necessary for young people to serve their country for a period,
01:24and in France they are preparing a universal national service that would have some military content.
01:30In the United Kingdom, the authorities also insist on preparing their fellow citizens for a possible war.
01:36Defense Minister Grant Shapps said we had moved from a post-war world to a pre-war world, according to the BBC,
01:44and British General Patrick Shanders, pictured, spoke in January of mobilizing the nation
01:50and reinforce professional soldiers with a kind of citizen army.
01:54Not all European public opinion wants to hear about an increase in defense spending,
01:59but that is the scenario that most leaders are pushing towards,
02:03and even more so if what is very likely to happen in the United States ends up a reality.
02:08Do you think this will happen?
02:11Is Europe organizing its war machinery to start a global warfare?
02:15Let us know your views.
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