Poll: Your nation is at war

[Yopaz]

Who would want to start a war with Sweden?

I would probably sign up when i turned 18, I mean if Sweden is attacked we need all the soldiers we can get. Plus i get to play with Swedish military equipment! That shit is advanced.

Anyone who bought something from Ikea and spent 4 hours assembling it just to find out that the few final pieces are missing.

Not enlisting. I am not allowed to enlist because I failed the health test and they can't be sure they will be able to keep me supplied with medicines.

 

[Guffe]

Your Topic is not accurate, Finland is not at war!
I kid I kid...

I wouldn't have a choice!
In Finland men have mandatory military service and since I only have a few months left of it, if war would come to Finland and I wouldn't join it would be seen as being a traitor to my country. If we wouldn't have this system I would still sign up to protect my ocuntry!

 

[Ruwrak]

I'm not a frontline person...
I'd go for the behind the scenes action.

Yeah I rather not go where the bullets are... Doesn't mean I don'tk now how to cut a few wires though |3
But who would want to attack the Netherlands? We're... [--] this small.

 

[Pat8u]

countrys with conscription sound like terrible places to grow up(unless its a not going to university,you have to be in the army sort of thing)
Ot:to young if I was old enough though,the problem is that australias surrounded by water so fleeing is not an option, Id probabley join my friend in the airforce though

 

[thePyro_13]

I'm not permitted to kill people, so they'll get no soldier out of me.

Besides, I don't cope well with blood and injuries and I'll handle even worse if it's my blood or injury.

I'll just set up somewhere nice, with many platypus. Any solder dumb enough to invade Australia has clearly never felt the wrath of a platypus before.

 

[ThyReaper]

I heard it's lovely in New Zealand.

I believe I can contribute much more to my country by not dying and not killing. Rarely have I heard any individuals with a grasp of sense say that they would go back into War once they are out.

 

[Nouw]

Too young, I have glasses and mildly asthmatic. I couldn't enlist even if I wanted to. But I would do my best to help.

EDIT:Let's say I was old enough, had good eye-sight and had no asthma. I definitely would. Although I'd prefer someone that's a cross between Sergeant Hartman and Captain Sobel. Someone tough but not crazy-tough and strict but not chickenshit-strict. If I'm putting my life on the line, I want to get the best training. I don't want to be a statistic in another Klendathu!

But I hear most boot-camp instructors are actually normal people. And just a question, do they still have paratroopers?

I heard it's lovely in New Zealand.

Sorry mate, we're at war too!

 

[Llil]

countrys with conscription sound like terrible places to grow up(unless its a not going to university,you have to be in the army sort of thing)

It's not too bad. I used to hate the idea of having to do military service, but after I actually got there, and got over the initial "culture shock", it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. Looking back to it, it was a good experience. (Although, looking back to things usually makes them seem better that they might have actually been.) Besides it's only 6 months to a year anyway.

It did delay my university studies by a year, but everyone does it (except women), so that's just how it goes.

 

[godofallu]

How many civilian lives have been taken on their side of the border?

No, I wouldn't enlist. Who the hell would throw themselves into a war with "unclear" causes? The actions of my hypothetical family and friends would have no influence on me because they are clearly morons.

Keep in mind that noone knew about the concentration camps in WW2 until the soldiers just happened to stumble across them. In hindsight it was pretty obvious Hitler needed to be stopped, but at the time it all started for the US with a few thousand people dying in Hawaii.

Which is pretty much what the OP was describing.

 

[Kreett]

Who would want to start a war with Sweden?

I would probably sign up when i turned 18, I mean if Sweden is attacked we need all the soldiers we can get. Plus i get to play with Swedish military equipment! That shit is advanced.

Anyone who bought something from Ikea and spent 4 hours assembling it just to find out that the few final pieces are missing.

Not enlisting. I am not allowed to enlist because I failed the health test and they can't be sure they will be able to keep me supplied with medicines.

It's not our fault you cant properly assemble your tables and desks with the parts provided by the company.

 

[Grevling]

The thought of killing someone upsets me to much, plus I love my life.
I would probably be more of a liability on the battlefield

So no. I would not enlist.

 

[Talespinner]

My nation IS at war and if I were to enlist it would be on the side of the "enemy".

Whether I do that or not depends on how long I can keep my conscience at bay while we invade third world countries under false pretences to steal their natural resources and replace their governing bodies with cute little puppets whose strings we hold.

 

[Engarde]

Bah! Let em try invade! They can see me when they get past the Drop Bears, Hoop Snakes and Bunyips!

 

[ScreamingNinja]

I'd become a Space Marine and totally shit-stomp everyone in the face.

 

[Don Reba]

It depends. As a Russian Canadian, I would enlist, if there was a genuine threat to either of these countries. I would not participate in any conflict between Canada and Russia.

 

[A Free Man]

Pretty tough question. I doubt anyone would really know until the question was asked of them in the actual situation. But honestly that's never going to happen because Australia is so isolated that there is no one to invade us. But if someone did then there is a good chance I would consider joining, especially because I have a few friends in the army, but even then I'd still have to think about it..... A lot.

 

[Flamezdudes]

Fuck no.

I'm not dieing for something like my country, no way.

 

[alimination602]

I probably would not enlist for frontline duty since that?s a death trap.

Instead I would use my skills as an Aircraft Pilot and Aircraft Engineer to enrol with the Air Force or the MOD to help research and provide the equipment.

Though my reckoning is if someone declared on the UK or its allies and it escalates so far as to kill thousands of civilians then chances are the government would simply launch the nukes and kill a couple million more of them in a quest to show we?re serious.

 

[Stu35]

It seems to me, that in the war you're describing, after a very short amount of time, there's not going to be any choice about joining up.

Volunteering early on would allow me the opportunity to choose my role, and thus avoid the Infantry.



Of course, this is under the assumption of me being a civvy, which I'm not, I'm already in, and already well placed to avoid death by heavy bombing by a well equipped enemy capable of enforcing air and artillery superiority.

 

[Don Reba]

Though my reckoning is if someone declared on the UK or its allies and it escalates so far as to kill thousands of civilians then chances are the government would simply launch the nukes and kill a couple million more of them in a quest to show we?re serious.

If both countries have nukes, in theory, they may still have an all-out conventional war.