Could you go to war if needed

Specialun · 23-11-2014 12:46am #1

Just watched a war movie so the thought came to my head

No way could i..id be no use...the only thing i could do is wash tne dishes, and even at that id pack it in fairly fast

Kevin McCloud · 23-11-2014 12:47am

I just watched a porno, think i could do it.

bodice ripper · 23-11-2014 12:48am

Nope.

Too short, too female, too old, too gay, too fat, too foreign.

I am never getting drafted by anyone.

Sam Kade · 23-11-2014 12:50am

Fcuking pansies

Sheep Lover · 23-11-2014 12:51am

Yes.

I'd strap a saddle to my Labrador and use a mop handle as a lance.

braddun · 23-11-2014 12:51am

yes sir

Senna · 23-11-2014 12:51am

I'd make good canon fodder

the evasion_kid · 23-11-2014 12:51am

No..I won't be cannon fodder for some government

Tail Docker · 23-11-2014 12:53am

Yes. As long as there's snare drums. I'd follow them anywhere.

Kylo Ren · 23-11-2014 12:55am

bodice ripper wrote: »

Nope.

Too short, too female, too old, too gay, too fat, too foreign.

I am never getting drafted by anyone.

The FFMLOAP (Fat Foreign Midget Lesbian Old Age Pensioners) Regiment would take you on.

Chancer3001 · 23-11-2014 12:55am

Not a hope.

Specialun · 23-11-2014 12:56am

bodice ripper wrote: »

Nope.

Too short, too female, too old, too gay, too fat, too foreign.

I am never getting drafted by anyone.

Couldnt you be the tea maker

lazybones32 · 23-11-2014 1:05am

I was reading about a veteran of WWI who dug latrines for the duration of the conflict....

War isn't all front-line Infantry.

Micky Dolenz · 23-11-2014 1:06am

I've been to war.

It's not big or clever.

wexie · 23-11-2014 1:07am

To defend my loved ones, wife, kids, friends, family from an immediate threat?

yes, no doubt

to defend some politicians ideals.....perhaps

Karl Stein · 23-11-2014 1:09am

If someone invaded our country?

Yes.

Tokyo · 23-11-2014 1:09am

Circumstance would dictate everything.

Fight for the freedom of my country, sure. In a heartbeat.

Go to war for a government agenda (oil) under the guise of freeing the people? Not so much.

Micky Dolenz · 23-11-2014 1:10am

Circumstance would dictate everything.

Fight for the freedom of my country, sure. In a heartbeat.

Go to war for a government agenda (oil) under the guise of freeing the people? Not so much.

bnt · 23-11-2014 1:10am

One look at my age and medical record, instant "4-F" or whatever the local equivalent is. Besides, war these days is a job for professional soldiers and high technology, not massed armies of bodies barely able to march and fire a rifle.

Micky Dolenz · 23-11-2014 1:11am

Karl Stein wrote: »

If someone invaded our country?

Yes.

Probably too late then.

Cantremember · 23-11-2014 1:11am

We are at war. It's just different from the previous ones. And the answer is yes.

lertsnim · 23-11-2014 1:12am

Platoon looked glamorous when I watched it this morning.

Karl Stein · 23-11-2014 1:15am

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Probably too late then.

What ya mean?

Littlekittylou · 23-11-2014 1:19am

I could give aid but I couldn't kill anyone. I'd rather kill myself than kill anyone. I couldn't live with it.

RobbingBandit · 23-11-2014 1:23am

Nah I'm a conscientious objector unless it's a war for Jennifer Lawrences Cnut, sure the whole world has seen it but only I get to lay it down at night.

NomadicGray · 23-11-2014 1:23am

lazybones32 wrote: »

I was reading about a veteran of WWI who dug latrines for the duration of the conflict....

War isn't all front-line Infantry.

Bet he saw some serious ****

bodice ripper · 23-11-2014 1:29am

Keno wrote: »

The FFMLOAP (Fat Foreign Midget Lesbian Old Age Pensioners) Regiment would take you on.

Sounds like a vicious band of sisters to me.

moneymad · 23-11-2014 1:29am

Yes

bodice ripper · 23-11-2014 1:30am

Specialun wrote: »

Couldnt you be the tea maker

Not if you want to maintain morale

Manach · 23-11-2014 1:31am

I know of our people's history. The desperate rebellions against a foreign power and being the disciplined backbone of that same power. The ability to soldier is engrained with the generations of Irish people, even if certain elements of this feckless generation of keyboard warriors are more comfortable being enrolled in the PC Brigades.

suicide_circus · 23-11-2014 1:33am

Depends If we were invaded then yeah, I'd defend my home land.

blindside88 · 23-11-2014 1:35am

I'd say I could. I can shoot, I'm reasonably fit and I can follow commands. Who are we fighting and do I need to bring my own rifle and boots

bodice ripper · 23-11-2014 1:35am

Manach wrote: »

I know of our people's history. The desperate rebellions against a foreign power and being the disciplined backbone of that same power. The ability to soldier is engrained with the generations of Irish people, even if certain elements of this feckless generation of keyboard warriors are more comfortable being enrolled in the PC Brigades.

I am sure that if the army need "pc brigade" shoe horned into a thread, you'll get the call.

Micky Dolenz · 23-11-2014 1:36am

Karl Stein wrote: »

What ya mean?

If you have to fight in your back garden you have lost already.

Connemara Farmer · 23-11-2014 2:13am

It depends. There are people I'd go to hell and back with. And others I wouldn't cross the street for.

circadian · 23-11-2014 2:15am

Manach wrote: »

I know of our people's history. The desperate rebellions against a foreign power and being the disciplined backbone of that same power. The ability to soldier is engrained with the generations of Irish people, even if certain elements of this feckless generation of keyboard warriors are more comfortable being enrolled in the PC Brigades.

Soooo.... Is that a no then?

degsie · 23-11-2014 2:16am

Seeing banners quoting Father Ted in recent anti-water demonstrations, I'd say we are more than ready!

Agricola · 23-11-2014 2:17am

No, my upper body strength isnt the best and I think you need to be able to climb ropes and scale walls n all that craic.

Manic Moran · 23-11-2014 2:34am

Agricola wrote: »

No, my upper body strength isnt the best and I think you need to be able to climb ropes and scale walls n all that craic.

I can't do either of those, and I've been in two wars.

Soldiering is as much a thinking man's game, now.

Karl Stein · 23-11-2014 2:42am

Dicky Molenz's avatar theft is confusing me. I'm a bit drunk too.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 23-11-2014 2:46am

Different story for those who were conscripted in both world wars or any American male born in the late 40s and early 50s who came of age and had their number come up in the draft for Vietnam. When you've no choice it must be hell, the military know's most just aren't suited to that life, it's a vocation more than anything.

lazybones32 · 23-11-2014 2:55am

NomadicGray wrote: »

Bet he saw some serious ****

The smell of war is horrendous!

moc moc a moc · 23-11-2014 3:11am

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

I've been to war.

What war have you been to, Micky?

lazybones32 · 23-11-2014 3:14am

Manach wrote: »

I know of our people's history. The desperate rebellions against a foreign power and being the disciplined backbone of that same power. The ability to soldier is engrained with the generations of Irish people, even if certain elements of this feckless generation of keyboard warriors are more comfortable being enrolled in the PC Brigades.

The rebellion against foreign power is relatively new; for the most part the 'rebellious' people were trying to impose a Catholic monarch, be he English, Scottish, French or Spanish. The most enduring aspect of the Irish 'soldiers' was their inability to unite as one...far too much in-fighting and rivalry.
As recently witnessed, the Irish are easily divided... an old tactic.

Ihatecuddles · 23-11-2014 3:18am

If the circumstances were right, then absolutely.

I think I'd be good at it too, but then again I do love a good lie in and I'm partial to diarrhea so there's that...

KERSPLAT! · 23-11-2014 3:19am

Dammit Micky! Too tired for this

Adamantium · 23-11-2014 6:19am

I'll provide moral support.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HayFxnfFgZk

Charlie19 · 23-11-2014 6:50am

No problem at all, Once I didn't have to take orders.

Oh, and there would have to be good signal for 3g, I cant be missing out on bargain alerts.

Oink · 23-11-2014 8:03am

Judging by how I managed the fitness boot camp, I'd be the one walking 100ft in front of everyone else to look for booby traps and snipers.
They might even give me a uniform. No chance of getting a gun anyway.

To Elland Back · 23-11-2014 9:21am

If someone invaded this country? No I wouldn't.

Perhaps new 'owners' would be a good thing at this stage

diomed · 23-11-2014 9:27am

Is the OP Enda Kenny?

Could you go to war if needed

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