NationStates Jolt Archive

If your country was attacked would you join the military to defend it. I am an American and I would. Pick yes or no and state your country.

EU. I vote: Yay.

Depends why my country is attacked. So that's a maybe.

Are we attacked after we did something to them that was wrong?
So i say maybe, if it was Afganistan(taliban) then yes, we should free them from the taliban and warlords.
Sadly, we have failed to free anything but the capital from warlords. So half empty...

If its Iraq who didn't attack us then no.

American and proud of our right to debate and other freedoms.

I would love to. But, alas, even if my wife would let me, if you know me as well as I know me then you'd know that I'd flunk out of training very soon...

Canada, by the way.

UK. unless it was to protect my very existance i wouldn't.

I'm Canadian, and I would glading jion the armed forces to defend my nation or her allies. but sadding my handycapps prevent me from doing so. (damn you my left eye and your not working--ness).

interesting fact. in Canada you only have to be 16 to join the millitary.

American, and yes.

Although I'm a minor

I'm Canadian, and I would glading jion the armed forces to defend my nation or her allies. but sadding my handycapps prevent me from doing so. (damn you my left eye and your not working--ness).

interesting fact. in Canada you only have to be 16 to join the millitary.

Yet you have to be 17 to join the RCMP. Interesting. I guess 16 year olds are simply better used as targets? :P

Another one for maybe. It depends why we are being attacked, if the attackers are being careful about not killing citizens, if I could do anything, if I needed to look after friends/some members of family. If they were using nukes on us I'd rather just kill myself.

I think I'd be more of a hindrance to the army than an asset. I'm lazy, disorganised, completely unfit, and don't like being told what to do.

I'd do my country a favour, and not enlist :)


Edit: Oh yeah, that would be the UK.

I think I'd be more of a hindrance to the army than an asset. I'm lazy, disorganised, completely unfit, and don't like being told what to do.

I'd do my country a favour, and not enlist :)

Me too, come to think of it.

Edit: And I'm from the UK!

I say us who are unfit for the army form our own army and die together as the unfit soldiers we are, defending our country, after being kicked out of boot camp. Think of all the medals we'd get. If we're going to get shot up anyway we may as well get some medals out of it.

USA : Maybe. If they needed soldiers, I would.

I sort of... have to.
I'm Israeli. not recruiting is illegal.

American

yes

Of coarse I would. I plan on going into the military anyways, but if we are attacked, I would skip the whole college thing, and come back to it.

Of course I would do my duty for my country, I already got the know-how.

I'm from Sweden and we have mandatory military service here for all male inhabitants. Females are welcome to join up too if they want, but for them it's not mandatory.

Sweden: no because nobody will ever invade us....

belgium here,

and no, unless i know the invaders will kill me anyway.

I just don't see the point in dying for something as abstract as a nation. I don't really feel belgian as i feel very different from about 99.9 procent of the other belgians.

Of course I would do my duty for my country, I already got the know-how.

I'm from Sweden and we have mandatory military service here for all male inhabitants. Females are welcome to join up too if they want, but for them it's not mandatory.

holy crap, THAT'S SWEDEN. :headbang:
I mean, who's gonna invade Sweden?! AND WHY, for crying out loud?! You and Switzerland and the netherlands and belgium, you all can dismantle your army completely and who's gonna notice?!

If your country was attacked would you join the military to defend it. I am an American and I would. Pick yes or no and state your country.

A 'yes' from the USA.

holy crap, THAT'S SWEDEN. :headbang:
I mean, who's gonna invade Sweden?! AND WHY, for crying out loud?! You and Switzerland and the netherlands and belgium, you all can dismantle your army completely and who's gonna notice?!

We already have..... :rolleyes:

"If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground."

Fighting to defend your own land and people from slavery is a different thing to fighting in another country for dubious reasons.

England

maybe!! well...thats if we had reason to go to war unlike the last one! UK by the way :D

Us here

I would only join the military if there were landing craft on the shores. I don't believe a terrorist attack is the same thing as a first strike. Bush needs to get his head out of the 20's.

so does tony blair.... :sniper: ergh. i wanna join the army but not when he can control it!!

I would take a more vigilante approach to it. I think Military power is way to obvious to be effective. The worst kind of enemy is the one who is there without warning. I'd boat over to wherever and go commando (Shirtless)

US...depends on the reasons, but in general, if America was invaded by a truly evil and oppresive force, I wouldn't even wait to join the military...I'd just grab a rifle and start shootin'!!!

U.S. If we were invaded I would fight, unless I could be more useful in industry or something.

I wouldn't even wait to join the military...I'd just grab a rifle and start shootin'!!!
Which is how Friendly Fire incidents get started. Next time,pal ... aim first.

holy crap, THAT'S SWEDEN. :headbang:
I mean, who's gonna invade Sweden?! AND WHY, for crying out loud?! You and Switzerland and the netherlands and belgium, you all can dismantle your army completely and who's gonna notice?!

Eumh... We have been planning on invading them since the 80's. Our WMD program is almost complete... Go ahead, dismantle your army Sweden... save your troops.

I'm from Croatia and we also have six months mandatory military service for men. I already did my part, but not completely. I got out of it after only three months on account of my poor eyesight. But i did get to fire from an AK-47, I think I can even recall its year of production and serial number, it's 1989 ABA-2692, made in Romania.

It really depends on what your version of being "attacked" was. Someone flies planes into my buildings, I wouldn't. Someone invades my country, I might.

It also depends on what the war is for. If it was because I was simply defending my country I might. If it was for something stupid like oil or tax reform then hell no.

I'm from New Zealand.

Maybe

I don't like "countries", I believe in people and friends. Why would I fight for a country full of people that I don't kow? If you ttack a friend (I walk around many nations) then you have a problem but patriotism is a thugs best friend.

The likelyhood of any of our countries being invaded is slim, you all realise that right? Well anyway, my joining the military would greatly depend on the following:

- Are we actually being invaded, or did someone just say a rude word?
- Do they really need the extra soldiers, or is it little more than an invasion of rats?
- Do we deserve to get our arse kicked or is it unprovoked?
- Are we being invaded by attractive strippers (catering to both sexes as and when, of course), or France?

Oh, and in case you didn't get it from the 'arse' comment, I'm from the UK :D.

American and no because i don't like fighting besides kendo and aiedo

Well, I'm from the US, and I suppose it depends on who attacks. If, say, it was China, I wouldn't bother to join, because they will just get pissed and start nuking everything in sight, with the help of North Korea I'm sure. However, if it is a nation run by some semi-sane leaders who don't look at world destruction as an acceptible alternative to loss then of course I would fight. I also foresee many sarcastic responses based on my post.


On a side note, has enyone here ever seen the movie Red Dawn? Its the one where the Soviets invade America and a bunch of teenagers rob the firearms/hunting store and go live in the hills, all the while wreaking havoc on the enemy with guerrilla warfare. Pretty good movie. I'd like to do that rather than join the army. Just let em' invade the South, and we'll call out the militia, get drunk, have a barbecue, and wipe the floor with em'. Afterwards we would mount their heads on the walls right next to our trophy deer collections.

Maybe-ish-ness.

Which is how Friendly Fire incidents get started. Next time,pal ... aim first.


Watch it, you might be my first victim!

USA: I voted maybe. It completely depends on the circumstances, but I would say that it's very unlikely. If it were, say, WW3 with Germany yet again at fault (sorry to pick on ya but you're the easiest example), sure. The basic requirement is that I would have to believe in the cause, otherwise I wouldn't. And I believe that war is an acceptable solution only in a very small range of circumstances.

ya ya ya that dennis wouldn't be denny from Kings of Chaos?

Yeah.

American and no because i don't like fighting besides kendo and aiedo

Learn Gun Fu

being an indian i am not going to defend australia

Um what if you been there done that and finished you're reserve duty april 24th?

If your country was attacked would you join the military to defend it. I am an American and I would. Pick yes or no and state your country.

Denmark. And with that said it's pretty much given by itself. Like Switzerland we have a general draft and I have served my time and is currently in the reserve. In case my country is attacked I have orders to report to my unit immidiately (I even have a special pass and train ticket for the purpose) and defend my country. I will rotate out of service in 31 years.

USA. Without a doubt. Whenever, wherever, my first responsibility is to protect the lives of my fellow citizens. Even if we were in a foreign country and I disagreed with the policies that put us there, I would go in the hopes that I could prevent the deaths of any of my fellow soldiers or of innocent civilians on the other side (although I know how incredibly difficult it can be to prevent such deaths).

Australia. Currently serving.

JiangGuo

England : Maybe, it depends on the circumstances of the war, and if by join up you mean act as a front-line soldier, or just join the army in any one of a hundred other roles(field-medic, engineer, pilot, etc)

Violence in reality is wrong. I remove my Violent temper in computer games. I would never take up arms against another man, no matter what the reason. (Unless they were trying to do somthing horrible to my family, but then again i guess we'd all act like that.)

If i had it my way-instead of the public fighting, i'd put all the world leaders in a boxing ring and make 'em duke it out. leave the people out of their capitalist plans.

Depends who is attacking. If it's the aliens, there is no point.

Only to defend the homeland from an invader, and not on the front line.
Maybe as an intelligence officer or some who runs defense IT systems.

Not for pre-emptive attack/invading on another nation nor as a puppet of government for self-serving reasons.

PS - Australian ...

If China invades, I'd probably be put in one of those detention camps.

USA: In a heartbeat. I may not agree with all my fellow citizens about certain issues, and I may not even like many of them (pot-smoking hippees), but I truly believe that our nation was founded on worthy ideals, and that we still have the chance to live those ideals.

Depends who is attacking. If it's the aliens, there is no point.

:gundge:

Heh heh. Aliens would never attack us-they're more sensible than that. this planet is a waste of time. If anything, they'd just blow the planet up.

:gundge:

Heh heh. Aliens would never attack us-they're more sensible than that. this planet is a waste of time. If anything, they'd just blow the planet up.
I don´t think so. I don´t think we today are morally superior to people 1000 years ago. At least we in Europe don´t use to kill each other anymore - except a few exceptions. Though the world is and remains a dangerous place, full of wars and conflicts.
I doubt that alliens are better creatures if they exist. Anyway: it doesn´t matter since they would not come here due to the pure size of the universe.

netherlands i would fight to the death for my fatherland! yes i join join asap

Germany: I probably would. It doesn't even have to be a gun. From rocks to running them over in a car, I'd give 'em heck.

Learn Gun Fu
Like in the movie Equilibrium? :D

I would ignore the invasion.

I don't think I'd be very good as a soldier - I'm not very athletic or anything. And I don't like loud places. I'd probably be more use back at home.

Queen and Country an' all that. No questions asked. England hasn't been invaded successfully since 1066, and I'd like to see us get a thousand years at least. Probably go fer the Coldstream Guards, they do a bit of recruiting down our way.

Us here

I would only join the military if there were landing craft on the shores. I don't believe a terrorist attack is the same thing as a first strike. Bush needs to get his head out of the 20's.
Same here, pretty much. Or, I'd just join an organized resistance if the enemy got far into our territory, but I find that somewhat unlikely.

I'd wait for the dust to settle, per se (IE figure out who exactly was behind the attack, what their motives are, etc.). Then I'd probably join the military if it seems fitting. If not, then I'd help w/relief efforts at home.