Depending on the situation. To defend my country from invasions and similar threats, I would (heck - that was a reason why I was in the army in my younger days) but....
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Originally Posted by ch85us2001 Situation: Terrorists attack your country and threaten to do it again, and it has been proven that they have the capabilities. A draft is about to be enacted, due to a long drawn out war in a foreign country. Recruitment numbers are EXTREMELY low. |
No I would not.
You can't fight terrorisme as a regular conflict and thus regular army troops would be very much unneasecary in such a conflict.
Terrorisme needs to be taken out with surgical attacks against the cells, education and likely aid to the general innocent public.
You can't send in troops into a city and expect it to be "liberated" and "safe" because there are terrorists in there - it would only cause more resentment and loss of possible support towards the country and the troops from the inhabitans.
Terrorists fight another battle, it isn't even directly comparable to guerilla warfare although similar in conception, because with terrorisme it is often very small cells operating. I think the notion that you can infact fight as a regular conflict simply the consequences of not learning the lesson in Vietnam because terrorisme is - as mentioned - similar, but a step futher - to guerilla warfare and not normal armed conflicts between countries.