Ask HN: Would you participate if there were a draft in your country?

Re:Ask HN: Would you participate if there were a draft in yo... by lotsofmangos on Monday July 21, 2014 @11:21AM (#8064094)

You have no idea what you are talking about in the slightest. The EU maintains several standing armies and has around 100,000 more active serving personnel than the US does.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you participate if there were a draft in yo... by classicsnoot on Monday July 21, 2014 @11:49AM (#8064233)

Typed huge response. Thought better of it. You may be right, but i do not think you are.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you participate if there were a draft in yo... by lotsofmangos on Monday July 21, 2014 @12:00PM (#8064273)

Here, I know it is from wikipedia which is a crap source, but the numbers are referenced:

US active serving personnel - 1,369,532 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces

EU active serving personnel - 1,453,028 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_the_European_Union

edit - one thing to keep in mind is that although US expenditure is 2.5 times larger than the EU, much of that historically was spent on weapons rather than troops as it was directed towards trying to bankrupt the USSR by the meta-game of convincing them to play the game of arsenal oneupmanship, while having deeper pockets.

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