Comments on: Germany’s Return to Conscription Is Not a Mistake; It’s an Obligation. /region/europe/germanys-return-to-conscription-is-not-a-mistake-its-an-obligation/ Fact-based, well-reasoned perspectives from around the world Mon, 18 May 2026 18:20:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: mclarenpjm@yahoo.com /region/europe/germanys-return-to-conscription-is-not-a-mistake-its-an-obligation/#comment-40742 Mon, 18 May 2026 18:20:02 +0000 /?p=161944#comment-40742 Elliot has first hand experience with the issue of government permission to leave the country. In his teens, the family had an ‘au pair’ who was from Czechoslovakia and had left the country for an extended period without permission. She was sentenced, in absentia, to 18 months imprisonment for failing to return.

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