Russian Officers Raid Dormitories in Dramatic End to Military Deferrals fo

[AverageJoe]

From The Chronicle of Higher Education:



Russian Officers Raid Dormitories in Dramatic End to Military Deferrals for Students

By BRYON MACWILLIAMS


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The Russian military raided college dormitories in the nation's capital on Tuesday, in many cases rousing male students from their beds, in a surprise move to collect fresh conscripts following the end to deferments from mandatory service.

Agents of the city's office of military registration and enlistment fanned out among dorms across Moscow the day after the conclusion of the New Year's-Old Christmas holiday period, during which the government announced that all draft deferrals would be canceled.

The raids were intended to catch students unawares. Recruitment officers, each accompanied by two police officers, sometimes literally dragged students from their beds, according to a newspaper, Versiya.

Some students were taken directly to medical clinics to undergo physical examinations, reportedly in violation of a federal law that requires supporting documents from the place of study and allows young men up to three days to contest their conscription.

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My wife's comment when she sent me this: "I wish the frat boys here could read this." It could be them in a few years under BushCo....

[tk2kewl]

1. Scary

:scared:

[sui generis]

2. gosh that'll make a great army

unwilling, resentfull people.

Nothing new here though, for thousands of years we have been rounding up young men in villages on the way to the front where we shoot them in the back if they aren't willing to run into battle fast enough.