Should presidents & their loved ones be first to fight their wars?

[Luopio27]

Alexander the great was a leader who fought in his own wars.

Its too easy for tyrants to talk tuff wheb they are safe, in their high tech castles/bunkers, far away from tje frontlines of war, where the citizens of both sides are forced to fight to the death!

So should the ones with power be the first to be send to do their own dirty work?

Or should it be a pure 1 on 1 fight in the ring between the highest leaders of nations?

Also, personal opinion is if democracy is won without the freedom of choice, its not really democrazy. Im with those who see nations/religions at war as nothing more than an ocean of blood, sweat & tears above the wasteland of dead human flesh & bones. Is like human race nevet learns from history!

[purplepoppy]

Then we'd only end up with thugs and war mongers in charge consistently going to war for the glory of it. Alexander the Great had zero right to invade any the countries he took and more than say Hitler did. We have considerably less wars now than we did back then.

[Luopio27]

England is just as famous for colonizing countries! Thats why their language is now the international language!

And no, its not right to colonize. Wars should be illegal and humans should know better.

You are right, if war mongers were elected, debates would be gladiator matches were winner takes all.

[FreyaRed]

Leaders who fought in ancient battles had always a Banner with highly trained and equipped men to protect them + best available armor to be protected from range attacks. With introduction of firearms their exposure to enemies started to be problematic and with introduction of conscription leaders moved to strategical command HQ positions far back.
War as game has been never fair for the poor pleb no matter where the leaders stand in war.

[OddBeMe]

Same for citizens. Every country should have mandatory draft. So they know when they vote for warmongers their kids could be called up.

Why do you think Israel tries to get america to fight all their wars?

[lightbulb27]

USA has that in place... just signed into law that the selectdive service is automatic, at age 18. Germany is enhancing theirs. your wish coming true...

[OddBeMe]

@lightbulb27 No the US does not have a military draft.

[lightbulb27]

not draft, selective service... or at least it was in the house, I lost track if passed...

[OddBeMe]

@lightbulb27 so why the fuck are you bothering me if it's selective? My point is every kid needs to have the fear of being called up to war so their parents will stop voting for warmongers

[lightbulb27]

my first communication not clear, I only meant registration. so calm down. It should be enough to get most people to think.
Draft... don't need to pay all those people and it's not ideal because so many don't want to be there.
yes, if leaders kids and wives went to war, there wouldn't be war.

[OddBeMe]

@lightbulb27 I've been at a 10 since election :)

[lightbulb27]

understood. don't go defcon 11 on us;-)

[OddBeMe]

@lightbulb27 sorry been rough week.

[lightbulb27]

is ok. breathe. and turn off devices for a while...

[RavVid]

Richard III was the last English king to die on the battlefield in 1485.

After that it was realized that someone could get hurt in these fun and games. So the king was excluded ever after.

[NewWaves]

I think we should bring that back. Leaders on the front lines, their kids prepped to be soldiers as well.

[sage2021]

Yeah right. I can just picture Melania Trump out there fighting in a war! NOT!!

We just got out long awaited president back - we need him in America to fix this country and Make America Great Again!!

[Kelley1]

Those who get us into war should be the first to go and serve on the front lines.

[Unit1]

Yup. Put these old fools on the frontlines and leave us be 😏

[Dargil]

Young healthy men of eligible age should not be sheltered from serving.

[onedarkcloud]

How would that play out the day after Dec 7, 1941? Sept 11, 2001? Also if they had no living relatives. What then sacrifice the Vice Presidents firstborn?

[Anonymous]

What happened to Alexander's empire when he died?

[Luopio27]

It collapsed, it was broken from the inside because they were tired of wars and conqoring nations.

[Opinion Owner]

The wars continued and they tried to conquer each other until they were eventually conquered by the Romans, Parthians and others. Last free Greek kingdom was in India until indians and invaders from the north conquered it.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

They should but they won’t

[exitseven]

it would save a lot of bloodshed.

[Anonymous]

Yes.