Originally posted by donchoo:
I got this off SDP's website and had a good laugh at the ignorance
of foreigners.
The cheek of SDP to put this up on their site, i mean a UK citizen
commenting on our home affairs?? NOOB 
[b]Singapore should abolish NS 27 Jan 06
Dear Sirs,
I was interested to read the letter from Pratheesh.
I agree with Pratheesh that National Service is a waste of time,
and have said so on earlier postings. I have been informed that
Singapore has not been at war with another country since the Second
World War, over sixty years ago, and is at present unlikely to be
invaded by another country.
National Service is also a waste of the government's (and therefore
the tax payers') money as the governement are spending more money
on its defence budget than it needs to.
Pratheesh has suggested replacing compulsory military service with
some sort of community service, but I think it would be better to
abolish National Service altogether. The two years young men
currently spend on National Service would be better spent
furthering their educations or looking for work. (As I understand
it only young men have to do National Service. I believe Israel is
the only country where young women also have to do military
service.)
CLIVE
UK [/b]
Noob!!!
hmm mayb conspriracy theorists will say tt its an act to lower our
defenses 
