Ukraine: would you fight or run?
Poll: Ukraine: would you fight or run?
Total Members Polled: 238
Discussion
I work with a young Ukrainian. He has managed to get out of Ukraine (lives and works in Denmark) yet is of fighting age. We were discussing the war and he was very honest, admitting that the loves Ukraine enough to live for it…but not enough to die for it.
I can understand his feelings and in his position I am not sure what I would have done. Run and save my own ass or stay and fight?
When answering the poll it would be better if you were honest (it is anonymous!) as no one can judge you like if you were asked face to face.
I read that over 600k of men of fighting age have fled Ukraine since 2022. Presumably mostly to western countries that are giving large sums of money and weapons to Ukraine. Should those countries be looking to return those men to Ukraine as what they currently need as much as weapons is more soldiers?
I don’t seem able to edit the poll.
Yes means yes I would fight
No means no I wouldn’t fight
I can understand his feelings and in his position I am not sure what I would have done. Run and save my own ass or stay and fight?
When answering the poll it would be better if you were honest (it is anonymous!) as no one can judge you like if you were asked face to face.
I read that over 600k of men of fighting age have fled Ukraine since 2022. Presumably mostly to western countries that are giving large sums of money and weapons to Ukraine. Should those countries be looking to return those men to Ukraine as what they currently need as much as weapons is more soldiers?
I don’t seem able to edit the poll.
Yes means yes I would fight
No means no I wouldn’t fight
Edited by Skeptisk on Sunday 5th May 09:00
shirt said:
I think another option needs to exist between fighting and running.
My answer would be no if the expectation was to be a front line troop and/or actively fight. I’m too old, untrained and unfit, makes no sense.
Would I support my country and those who are fighting by joining the military in another capacity, or else a humanitarian organization? Yes I would. I’ve worked in active war zones for a commercial entity so I’d expect to be able to work in a similar capacity both during the conflict and in post-conflict rebuilding.
It is a hypothetical question (unless you are Ukrainian and of conscription age). So you have to answer hypothetical. So clearly if you are too old you need to imagine you were a few years younger, Ukrainian and able to fight. The question is aimed at asking whether you would put your own safety first or put it at risk for the greater, collective good. My answer would be no if the expectation was to be a front line troop and/or actively fight. I’m too old, untrained and unfit, makes no sense.
Would I support my country and those who are fighting by joining the military in another capacity, or else a humanitarian organization? Yes I would. I’ve worked in active war zones for a commercial entity so I’d expect to be able to work in a similar capacity both during the conflict and in post-conflict rebuilding.
Edited by shirt on Sunday 5th May 09:17
I don’t know where I would stand. My grandfathers fought in WWI, my father and uncles fought in WWII and my brother was in NI during the troubles (and would have gone to the Falklands if he hadn’t crashed his car shortly beforehand). I even wanted to be in the RAF when I was growing up. Yet would I be willing to fight in such a conflict (with a seemingly very low chance of success) but with a reasonable chance of being killed or injured? I would like to think I would fight but worry that I would run.
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