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I'll avoid politics and answer this from a personal, philosophical stance.
Over the entire history of human beings there have been wars. With sticks and stones, shields and swords, guns and canons, tanks and bombs. It has always been terrible, regions have been devastated and countless lives have been lost. No one I know who has ever fought in a war thought it was a fun place to be. Yet there is no question that the reason why there have been so many wars is that war sometimes is inevitable. There will always be war as long as at least one side wants something more than peace, and -- without going into it much deeper -- I can think of quite a few things I would want more than peace. Freedom, for example. Much better to live in a free and open society than in a tyrannical dictatorship, and yes, I would go to war for that.
So, to answer the question: would I ever fight in a war? (Given that I had that choice, of course.) Yes. Probably reluctantly, and I may be too much of a nonconformist thinker with authority problems to be of much actual use in the military, and I don't know how I would react if right and left people around me got shot to pieces or bombed to bits or slashed to chunks, except that I'd be full of an extra dose of that good old fear-adrenaline. But yes, if I thought it would be the right thing to do, I would fight. Because, as cynical as I might seem at times, deep down I believe there are some things worth fighting for.
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Feb 5, 2020 - 9:20 AM
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Solium
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This is my serious face for a moment.
When my son enlisted 5 years ago, he learned that one of the first things they ask in the process is, "Could you kill?"
I presume that if one answers in the negative, they would find a reason to decline your application.
But if you answer "yes", the followup question was, "Could you kill on command?".
Wow, what a chilling question. I actually feel bad when I squish a bug. Guess I'm a pacifist.
Should Canada ever dare invade the US, I will fight until the bitter end.
Cancel that. The reviled Québécois invade South Florida annually, and I don't do so much as raise my voice against them.
Haha, I was going to make a serous cold war analogy. If the Russians landed in my town, would I take up arms and fight to the death, hell yeah! On the other hand they do have the hottest women...
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Feb 5, 2020 - 11:01 AM
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jackfu
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I don’t think of the question as political – it certainly has that potential, if one blamed one political party as always being the one to start wars, etc.
I think Kev asks a perfectly legitimate and tough question.
Tough (for me, anyway) in that so many of the “rules” have changed over the years.
Of course it’s all an academic question for me now, at my age (64). I’m in decent shape, 6’0”, 155lbs, physically active, etc., but if I was of an age appropriate to serve and we had a draft and I was drafted, yes, I’d serve.
Volunteer? I don’t think I would if it was going to be another ‘Nam, after seeing how it affected my older friends whom did serve (Thank You All!) and felt that it should have been “done right”.
Mind you, I have the utmost respect and appreciation for those whom have served either as volunteers or were draftees. I wish that I had served in the military.
My daughter is in the military and I don’t think there is a Dad more proud than me.
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This is my serious face for a moment.
When my son enlisted 5 years ago, he learned that one of the first things they ask in the process is, "Could you kill?"
I presume that if one answers in the negative, they would find a reason to decline your application.
But if you answer "yes", the followup question was, "Could you kill on command?".
I think the answer they are trying to find,without asking,is 'would you enjoy it'.
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Im definitely private walker.
But during the night i turn into private godfrey! 
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Fast metabolism, I guess, Ock! 