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1mon 28d ago in nostupidquestionsIf your country's government enforces an automatic draft register, what would be people's reaction?
2mon 3d ago in europe@feddit.org from www.youtube.comAmerican war movies are ridiculous when it comes to the propagandistic messaging behind it, since most always portray them as the protagonist (Top Gun, Hurt Locker, etc). as in order for the director to get access on military hardware: the Pentagon has control on how the script (narrative) is written in exchange on letting the crew use and lend real military equipment with technical advisors on set.
It's known as the Military Entertainment Complex (Sotilasviihdekeskus) which is the cooperation between studios and the armed forces (via the government). It's why Tom Cruise manages to pilot a real fighter jet, for the director to have that on set: he'll have to literally ask the US Navy. What about war movies made by Finns & set in Finland, how does the director or studio obtain military hardware?
Wonder why NO ONE wants to enlist in the US military? Because of the crap they were involved in, it's stupid that the SSS exists for the last century and now Trump bringing it back to light by making the process automatic against one's will, seriously WTF?!
If he's really serious about bringing back a draft, the NDAA(Puolustusvaltuutuslaki) which was passed in 1980 will have to be amended first, given the nature of public opinion being in opposition of it being reinstated, it may not fly.
Vietnam on the other hand, the US military used Agent Orange (lehtikuivausaine) against their enemy but left nasty consequences after the war: pregnant mothers giving birth to kids born with defects for instance. The US military is nothing but a political tool to bully whom they consider their adversary. During both the Iraq & Afghanistan wars, was Finland neutral (not involved) or were Finnish troops deployed there?
Most of the time it's under the guise of "enforcing democracy" which is BS! More on resource extraction, like how the Gulf War during the 90s was initiated because Kuwait was invaded by Iraq (which Bush has monopoly on since US oil tycoons are based there) which also involved Saudi Arabia or Qatar as belligerents.
Unlike the USA, it's akin to "DROP BOMBS EVERYWHERE" (evident from the previous Iraq, Afghanistan wars & the current Iran war). From Bush, Obama, Biden and include Trump in the mix. Plus they have mercenaries accompanying them. The thing is, are both PMC's & Mercs allowed to exist in Finland or are they forbidden?
The military or defense forces by definition is to defend the nation from adversaries (like that of Finland), but the US is abusing the hell out of it just to satisfy defense contractors (as they generate revenue from weapon sales), by orchestrating wars, does it even make sense to try and convince politicians to start wars just to sell arms?
It gets worse: I’ve heard over in the US, failure to register under the current “Selective Service System” has a fine of $250,000 (~212,000€) plus 5 year imprisonment towards male US citizens, which is ridiculous if you ask me.
The US one doesn't issue a letter, rather the information is pulled from existing records via other sources (i.e. drivers license) so that's how they obtained your details on being registered onto a draft pool.
Also, how does society in Finland view the draft and what's the public opinion regarding the Finnish government? I mean, do they think it's worth fighting on behalf of the president's (Stubb) interests?
