Germany to conscript 10K young men in questionnaire-based draft

BERLIN — Fearful of Moscow, Germans will soon be asked to prepare the nation for war. First, though, they'll have to fill out a questionnaire arriving by post. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius unveiled a blueprint for a bureaucracy-heavy return to national military service Wednesday in response to forecasts that Russia could reconstitute its forces within five years …

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