Sweden Ends The Draft

From Yahoo News:
"Sweden scraps military conscription"

This seems to be the latest trend in the 21st Century. I think it is a great idea and that the majority of countries (ie Germany, Russia, the Ukraine, etc) do not need the draft/conscription anymore. The only countries I think still need to have it are Israel and South Korea and that is because of the threat each one faces from neighboring countries that have resulted in wars in the past. Israel is still threatened by the majority of the Arab and Muslim countries - many officially call for its destruction. South Korea is threatened by North Korea.

It is odd that Sweden ended military conscription right after its heir to the throne got married, but I think it just happened that way.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100701/ap_on_re_eu/eu_sweden_conscription