On 29 May 2001, at 8:49, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
> Isn't it also to some extent a form of denial. I can imagine that if
> everybody goes to war you'd feel morally obliged to join the effort.
> Psycologically we are after all still herd animals. But I wonder how
> many men going to war actually consider the risks involved or are
> seriously convinced that they could become a permanent invalid or even
> die as a result of that war?
It depends. I fully intend to join the IDF (Isralie Defence Force)
when I move to Israel after I finish my degree. I know a lot of my
friends consider me nuts for wanting to, and since I'm not exactly a
perfect specimine (I wear glasses and I'm not oversuipplied with
upper body strenght) that I'll probly havta work to get in.
Why am I going it, when there IS every chance that I'll be hurt,
given the current situation, which I think will deteiorate...why, when
I'm told by an Isralie friend in the army of someone being killed and
another wounded on his patrol.
I guess I just love Israel.I know it's not quite war, but frankly the
situation could easily devolve into a full-blown war in the north again
without warning. I know the risks, and they just don't seem that
important cfompared to serving Israel...
Andy
Dawn Falcon
