I for one do not think a draft or mandatory service would work for us. As you pointed out when people are required to serve that do not have the pride and motivation that is required to have an effective service.
When I was in the service, I was stationed in Spain for two years and got to know a Sergeant from the Spanish Air Force. Personnel in the Spanish Air Force are require to have there families support them; the service only provided very basic needs for the service member.
As a result may people in the Spanish service had very little motivation to do more that what was required of them. Pilots did not have much confidence in there planes due to the poor morale among the mechanics.
I should state this was just after Franco died and the country as a whole was not doing very well economically, I hope that things have improve for the service people there since this time. I understand that the EU has spent a lot of money to get the infrastructure up to modern standards in Spain of recent.
When I was in the service, I was stationed in Spain for two years and got to know a Sergeant from the Spanish Air Force. Personnel in the Spanish Air Force are require to have there families support them; the service only provided very basic needs for the service member.
As a result may people in the Spanish service had very little motivation to do more that what was required of them. Pilots did not have much confidence in there planes due to the poor morale among the mechanics.
I should state this was just after Franco died and the country as a whole was not doing very well economically, I hope that things have improve for the service people there since this time. I understand that the EU has spent a lot of money to get the infrastructure up to modern standards in Spain of recent.