The youth in many countries are unemployed and unskilled. While at the same time, the military services are in need of people. Compulsory military service is beneficial and necessary. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Most of the young population is uneducated and unemployed all around the world.
However
, the countries of those young suffer from narrow numbers of
soldiers
. Even though many people think that mandatory military service is necessary and advantageous in these circumstances, I completely disagree with
this
statement.
Since being
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a soldier requires patriotism and powerful armies are generated by
soldiers
who are willing to fight and die.
Firstly
, there is no doubt that many countries have enormous young populations consisting of unemployed and unskilled ones.
Moreover
, those young people waste their time and energy by doing nothing for society and for themselves.
However
, the fact that they are not working or studying, gives any right to the authorities to oblige them in order to join military forces. Because
soldiers
have to want by themselves in order to find the necessary strength and courage in their hearts during a war.
Therefore
, they should join the military willingly
and
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knowing that they might be injured or die.
Secondly
, during battles, many
soldiers
have to deal with complicated emotions and problems.
Thus
, they should only focus on battle and their fellow
soldiers
. Losing a brother-in-arm by your side is like losing someone from your own flesh and blood in those circumstances. To pass through
such
misery and loss, they must hold on to their patriotism. They must find strength in their hearts to continue fighting for their country. If those
soldiers
did not want to join battles to protect their nation and country, they
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not constitute a powerful army. To put it simply, even if there are many young people who waste their time without working or studying, that doesn't mean that governments compel them to become
soldiers
.
Otherwise
, those armies which consisted of compelled
soldiers
would only experience losing.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Compulsory
  • Military service
  • Unemployed
  • Unskilled
  • Discipline
  • National pride
  • Civic duty
  • Enlistment
  • Conscription
  • Cohesive society
  • Civilian life
  • Government resources
  • Ethical concerns
  • Forced enlistment
  • Individual freedoms
  • Psychological effects
  • Personal beliefs
  • Societal tensions
  • Career disruption
  • National security
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