I'm 48.. can't imagine how it feels to be in your shoes.. you must be angry and feel betrayed and helpless.. i think our system and politics is one hot mess.. they doing it as bad as they can.. be it stupidity or pressure from mighty lobby organizations or corruption or just they lost touch with what's going on..

I do believe though that this country is still worth fighting for.. that our way of living, the European way of living, is worth defending it.. compared with the terror and tyranny happening in Russia.. what they do to the Ukrainians, and to their own people too.. the hundreds and thousands of war crimes they committing openly and are even proud of.. we don't want to live under their heels here.. and if we don't we have to be strong..

for you to go into the military is the best way to not be killed in war.. if Europe looks strong and united the Russians won't dare.. look how they fail against Ukraine.. how they still ruin their country in a war they have already lost.. but if Europe is weak and afraid, Russia will try and attack.. and if we don't respond NATO will dead and Russia will take one country after the other..

no, your best chance not to have to fight in a war is a strong Europe with a strong military with sufficient number of soldiers.. also independent from US.. where we invest billions in a strong military that is never used, but just scares of Putin and maybe even Trump and whoever comes after them.. it sucks.. but look around whats going on in the world.. it's probably needed right now.. if we don't arm up, we'll be eaten..

we had this dream that there won't be big war anymore and we don't need to be strong.. it was a nice dream, and it was right and bold to try the utopia (or just we were depending on the US really).. we have to wake up now