Mandatory Conscription
... Mandatory conscription, or known as the draft here in the US, often brings dread to many people’s thoughts. ... Mandatory conscription brings a sense of affiliation for all citizens of the nation, it promotes responsibility and maturity through personal transformation, and can provide a country with non-military services. ... Another mandatory conscription affects us is through growth. ... Reuven Gal, the former chief psychiatrist for IDF, had this to say about mandatory conscription. ’Obligatory conscription brings a level of maturity, a sense of responsibility, a sense of affiliation, and a sense of becoming part of a nation.’ I also agree that mandatory conscription can be beneficial.