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What would you would do if you were attacked by another country? What if your peaceful trade partner was being attacked? What if there were a genocide occurring in another country?

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I'm willing to have a draft if everyone on the draft roll gets veto power over whether or not the war happens. I think your questions boil down to, "what if you were drafted to fight a war that you would have volunteered to fight anyway?"

What are the reasons to attack? Mainly for resources and religion. Resources was solved by better global trade, religion is mainly in decline.

>What if there were a genocide occurring in another country?

How does a military solve this? Create an even bigger genocide?

I would think a military solves a genocide by preventing it. Reading the news or history would provide many examples of genocide being stopped by military action.

Is it safe to assume you would have opposed the US entering the war in Europe in World War 2, because there was a genocide happening but the US couldn't do anything but cause a bigger one?

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