The Draft Idea

It's a ten-line story that N-TV (German commercial news) presented this morning....over immigrants.

The political chief of the CDU Party (Merkel's group) got into the middle of the discussion of compulsory service (the draft).

There's some thoughts in society now that the military ought to bring back the draft, and that retirement homes/medical groups could also participate in this deal....if a guy/gal didn't want to be in the military.

So what the General Secretary Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (AKK) talked about was the idea that this draft-deal should now include the refugees and asylum seekers.

The thought here?  She says it'd help to integrate them into the state and society,

This draft-idea isn't selling well to the other parties in the Bundestag.....I should note that factor.

Odds of the draft returning?  I'd put it just about at zero.  The suggestion of immigrants being put into the middle of this?  A bigger negative, I think.

First, they suggest women being forced into the draft, and I can't imagine some of the more conservative type women accepting this (or their families allowing them to participate). Burqa uniforms?  Hijab uniforms? 

Second, just on language issues, I can see various current members of the Bundeswehr getting frustrated with the new draftees showing up and everything slowing down a notch. 

Third.....you come to this question....just because you made this mandatory....does that help to integrate people, or does it force people to evaluate the system and opt to leave instead of participation?  And if you can't meet the needed language situation for the Army....would you be forced to leave?

It's a discussion that go around for six weeks, and then get dropped.  The Greens, the Linke folks, and the SPD....will refuse to support this.  I might even go and suggest that the AfD will more or less laughing over the proposal.