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Rikard's avatar

The question what to fight is however relevant, even if the boy you quote is a naive product of his time.

I've asked friends, acquaintances and strangers, people whom I know are in police or military or related careers, this:

"Are you willing to die to keep [insert PM's name here] in power?"

It always gets a rise out of them, no matter their real or projected political stance. The question is very real. A PM who's forging ahead with "girls are boys if the want to"-agenda, a CiC who openly tells swedes that they're not wanted in the armed forces if they have the wrong political opinions (i.e. don't want Sweden to become even more islamic), a minister of finance who lets local district councils pay full welfare to illegal migrants, and so on.

Being a soldier means accepting that you will kill and die in order to keep the regime in power. It means supporting tens of billions annually poured into the black hole of the EU, and tens of billions again to NATO, and tens of billions again to the UN, and. . .

It is a very pertinent question, but I don't think the technically male writer you quote realise just how pertinent, since he's a True Believer in [insert the current thing he's been told].

My second (to soldiers et c) question is, "If an illegal migrant, say an arab, breaks into my home, I'm supposed to run away according to law and praxis. If a Russian soldier does it, I'm supposed to kill him. Explain."

The third question, it is rare that I get to ask it, is: "Is it Russian committing nearly 10 000 reported rapes per year in Sweden, for over 15 years? If it's not, why shouldn't I shoot those rapists if they are foreigners? Is rape extra evil if it's a Russian?"

Usually, people start yelling and insulting me long before that. Such is the effect of just asking questions, instead of unthinkingly obeying orders.

Silly me, I thought we learned decades ago what "Befehl ist Befehl" leads to.

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AJLG's avatar

The authorities across Europe have been rattling the conscription/national service war drum for at least the last year. But as you rightly point out the appetite amongst the people they expect to go fight this war (Russia/China/Whoever) is basically zilch. What is there left to even fight for?

Maybe their woke/trans/diversity pets can go do the fighting in exchange for the exalted status they now hold in our societies. But the working classes... who typically make up a good chunk of any western nations armed forces... the very people they've been shitting on from a height for decades now... they really think they would sign up? Again to defend what? Look at the absolute state of western societies... self absorbed, degenerate cess pits...

So if they try conscript what do you reckon would happen? People go AWOL, defect to the other side, start shooting their CO's, form their own militias? That's not even to say what would Russia even gain by invading Western Europe? We're busy enough destroying ourselves... no point in wasting bullets. And logistically speaking is it a territory you would even want or could realistically hold?

Good luck to the sane people out there... don't go fight a war for people who openly despise you.

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