To Alize,
Dont forget that S Korea is facing a real
threat from N Korea althought I am personally not so
sure abut the seriousness of China's threat to
Taiwan is really that serious. So the duration of conscription of
at least 24 months is appropriate for these
countries. Israel also has long conscription time as it is
being threatened constantly & already has a long history of war
with its neighbors - so long conscription is no surprise.
For other countries such as Switzerand and Germany where threat
is minimal or next to non existent especially when the threat fo
the former Warsaw pact is no longer around, no surprise again that
conscription is shorter or now shortened.
Again, as also pointed out by others, to be effective and
competent one really needs to have the time to be trained and
exercised to ensure competency and effectiveness. 12 to 15 months
is just too short.
Also, to maintain the numbers of available combat units, one
needs NS to be of longer duration. Too few combat units also
make for ineffective combat power.
I cited the European countries NS duration when the Warsaw Pact
was around. Their military effectivenss is not in question.
I also point out that all NS officer roles are at Platoon
Commander level, any roles above are filled by regular officers or
volunteer NS officers who assume key appointments by attending
courses after NSF or by extending their NS. That is not a
significant length of time to "gain experience".
Hey, where is my post that Sepecat was referring to? Did it get
deleted?
I was showing how Western European countries like Germany,
Switzerland, Greece, Turkey and the UK had shorter NS periods (6
months, 10 months, 9 months, 15 months, 18 months) even during the
Cold War and some don't have NS anymore.
Compared to Asian countries (South Korea 24 months, Singapore 20
months, Taiwan formerly 24 but now 12 months), and former communist
bloc countries (18 months to 2 years, in Russia's case 3
years).
Looking at the facts, notice Asian countries have long NS
periods, perhaps due to cultural factors like kiasuism and
insecurity.
Also in cases where leaders remain in power for a long time,
they have vested interests in making NS long to secure their stay
in power (South Korea and Taiwan were not democratic until
recently).
How did this post get deleted? How about letting people see the
facts and wonder about the opinion stated themselves?
If not acceptable, why don't you go after posts like the guy who
keeps bashing the jews or the ones making open insults to singapore
leaders? I read the rules. This is not a hate post, a duplicate
post or country vs country post. Please let it be.
