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Would you?

Of course I will 41 11.75%
 
Only if I think the cause is very good 79 22.64%
 
Probably not 70 20.06%
 
Never 159 45.56%
 
Total:349

No, I wouldn't be a good soldier anyways :/



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I wouldn't. But we'll see how society pressures us men to die for what we don't believe in to see if I want to risk being ostracized.



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opress my family or love ones... sure....

depends the situation really.... im a pussy most of the time though



 

No, I'm too sick to go to war for America. I'll just get drafted out due to my "illness" and then I'll run for president 50 years later.



Madword said:
Ka-pi96 said:

Pretty much this. Screw the UK, couldn't care less if it were to cease to exist. It's certainly not worth risking my life for.

Wow thats some really extreme views.... 

Well I'm from the UK and would if the country was threatened. I love the multi-cultural nature of the country, the justice, education and NHS and feel its a very good place to live in the world. I'm very proud to be British. I don't know their story and why they feel that way maybe its brexit anger or something but most people I know would fight for Britain. I certainly have no problem with them expressing themselves like they do it is a country of free speech and again that is worth fighting for.



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Versus_Evil said:

Nope, can't stand the UK and I definitely don't give a flying **** for this **** country.

*shakes fist at ancestors*

UK is filled with a very colourful war history. Probably the most interesting place to read about when it comes to war.

 

Where i am from (Australia) i would depending on the situation. If Australia was under attack than yes. However i wouldnt fight overseas for someone else's battle.

Its a boring place here and most likely the losers of the war will just migrate here and settle. 



If it's a defensive war, yes. I'd also fight for Macedonia(Fyrom) if they aren't being attacked by us tbh.



That depends on whether I think the cause is just or not ...



Nope. War is pointless and brings nothing but destruction and death, i'm not gonna fight in something that I don't agree with.

Especially since in the US the government tries to FORCE each citizen to sign up for the Selective Service System in which if there ever is a war and they decide to use it they will pick randomly from a list of names or some shit, and if you don't sign it they threaten you with 5 years of jail time and a huge ass fine. I know that the draft hasn't been used in a long time, but it's still fucking disguisting how that system hasn't been gotten rid of yet somehow after all this time. They don't even want to give people an option, they want to scare them into signing it. Why would I ever want to fight for a country that has a policy like this in place still, even if it hasn't been used in a long time and maybe won't ever be used again, the fact that it ever existed in the first place is horrible.

They have the army, marines, navy, etc, people that WILLINGLY volunteer to do that with their lives, and those people deserve respect for making that decision, but the government or whoever is in charge of the draft trying to FORCE everyone else into signing up in case of a potential war by trying to scare them into doing it is just disguisting.

I have my own life to live, i'm not gonnna die fighting for someone elses problems, especially when I don't agree with war in the first place.



That's not a yes or no question. It would depend on the war.
I grew up during one of the biggest geopolitical boondoggles in modern military history during the Bush administration, so it goes to say I have a pretty cynical outlook on the prospect.
However I'm not naive; when somebody is attacked, preaching pacifism is rather fruitless. If one can adequately defend themselves without the need for retaliation, then I think that's the road you should take, however that's rarely the case in warfare. Ensuring the safety of your people in the face of an aggressive enemy usually means retaliation.

There's also the question of how much I'm needed. We have a Defence Force for a reason, so I'd only really consider it if the troops we had weren't sufficient, especially in instances of asymmetric conflicts.