Re:I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d li...
by etiennemarcel on Monday September 10, 2018 @05:09AM
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The "opération Sentinelle" (the soldiers patrolling in France) is mostly for the show... It's currently the most expensive military operation run in France, and is one of the main factors in the rise of desertion in the army. The only time these soldiers had to fire was to protect themselves, since they are magnets for wannabe terrorists or crazy people...
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Re:I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d li...
by baud147258 on Monday September 10, 2018 @11:40AM
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> the rise of desertion in the army
AFAIK, there's not a lot of actual desertion, it's more that a lot of soldiers who enlisted after the 2015 attacks have not renewed their contract once their first term was finished, since standing for two in front of a Synagogue was not what they had in mind when they enlisted to "protect their country"
Re:I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d li...
by etiennemarcel on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @03:21AM
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The number is actually pretty high (around 1800 soldiers deserting every year): https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2018/04/17/le-temps-d...