I do not deny the necessity of boots on the ground. But having a concscript sent against a technologically developed professional army is just sending the conscripts to slaughter without serious gain.
Also we see many examples in history, were a large standing army was worthless in face of superior technology and the professionals able to use it. For example the gulf war and iraq war against the army of Saddam Hussein were won decisively despite the US having much less boots on the ground.
During the six day war Israel “blitzkriegd” the larger arab armies by gaining air superiority and employing combined arms properly.
Again, nobody denies boots on the ground, but a professional army with proper equipment is superior to anyone just tossing numbers around.
Focusing on conscription instead of increasing the professional abilities is dangerous. Maybe they can drag the war out until it is really just a numbers game. But until then they’ll have killed the generations necessary to rebuild the country.