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EXACTLY! And thus the friction between the regulars and the draftees. An example, the History Channel had a program on WWI last week. In it, they looked into the senseless battles of the very last day, issued the morning of 11 Nov. The troops were set to go home, a end time was set. But, the careerists, wanting the last hurrah! Had their men attack anyways. As the program explained,
"Attack to take ground they could have simply walked into at 1101."
Thus, you would have the draftees/conscripts who just want to survive and go home. They would be less enthusiastic to go on the offensive and as they are not part of the military regime, they may even voice their disagreement more so than a regular. A regular well that is his home and his proffession. A civilian, well, he is there for a temporary time, then he is going back to his home and proffession and well, the military just doesn't matter to his long term career plans. So, he can care less. Further, he wouldn't be upset at sitting in a nice comfy stockade rather than being on the recieving end of an enemy attack.
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