French President Emmanuel Macron met with parliamentary parties on Thursday. During the meeting Macron said he was open to the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, as announced by, according to French newspaper L’Independant.

Fabien Roussel, a representative of the French Communist Party, said after the meeting that “Macron referenced a scenario that could lead to intervention [of French troops]: the advancement of the front towards Odesa or Kyiv.”

He noted that the French President showed parliamentarians maps of the possible directions of strikes by Russian troops in Ukraine.

Following the meeting, Jordan Bardella of the far-right National Rally party noted that “there are no restrictions and no red lines” in Macron’s approach.

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      Finland, Switzerland, Austria, and Greece. These are the European countries with conscription. On paper, Norway and Sweden have conscription, but in all actuality there’s basically no way you get conscripted involuntarily.

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      and you don’t understand the difference between a career soldier and a conscript. Let me enlighten you:

      As a conscript you will be drafted only in a defense situation, an actual war in your own country. Simply spoken when the Russians are at your doorstep.

      A career soldier can send to missions either an official NATO one or one approved by your country’s commanding officer of your army.

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        As a conscript you will be drafted only in a defense situation, an actual war in your own country. Simply spoken when the Russians are at your doorstep.

        I’m sure all those drafted/conscripts who went to Vietnam totally felt like they were defending their country from imminent attack!

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      These are not the guys they’ll send out in a war. Unlike Russia, Western nations don’t need cannon fodder.

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        You are right, I forgot, the west would never do that!

        Thinking the wealthy class won’t send you to war has got to but one of the smoothest brain takes I’ve heard all year.