If one country wants to go to war with another, politicians should be in the frontline
this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2026
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You might think this would help prevent wars, but it was standard in the past for politicians to fight battles, and they were dying all the time back then in wars that were also much more common.
An illustrative example is the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487), which ended after all the claimants of the House of Plantagenet died, several of whom were killed in battle or executed by their rivals. The throne ended up in the hands of a minor Welsh noble house, with Henry VII Tudor (father of the more famous Henry VIII) being crowned in 1485.
During the early modern period in Europe, it became less common and eventually rare for rulers to personally partake in battles, but even then military officers were often members of the nobility who held political office of some kind.
Just because it happened before, doesn't mean it doesn't help prevent war.
Regardless, I just want to see Trump getting ass fucked in Iran.
I grant you, it would be hilarious to see footage of Trump on the front lines in Iran (Benny Hill music in the background).
It doesn't help.
To be fair, back then countries weren't led by nursing home escapees
It did in fact happen with regularity that incapable, insane or otherwise unsuitable rulers would end up ruling.
A famous example is Charles II of Habsburg (ruled the Kingdom of Spain from 1665-1700). Suffering from several though not precisely documented disabilities due to extensive inbreeding, he died in his late thirties.
RIP Gustavus Adolphus
Teddy rosevelt moment
It would probably make for younger world leaders too
Good old fashion Sieges.
Gentlemen, no credible defense is that way across the street
Ban drones while you’re at it
Yeah it's a higher priority for me than nukes. Nukes are effectively already "banned" in the sense that nuking something other than a test site gets you nuked in retaliation
So what happens if Russia nukes Ukraine?
My bet is that Russia probably gets invaded but nobody else uses a nuke.
It's a good question, because i think that seems like maybe the most likely instance where a nuke might be used - they're best placed to "get away with it." I think the important things to note are that:
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russia doesn't want to spoil the land/living space in the short term, needing to make back cost of war.
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ukrainian controlled territory, though far from moscow, is bordering russia (and crimea) - russian towns near the border will be affected, and regardless of that, during the chernobyl crisis all countries in europe, maybe even in the world, suffered from the fallout effects. I believe nuclear powers aren't willing to take this gamble- as large countries there's a good chance one of their territories will be affected, as will other countries, who then sour on them.
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America is ~~run by~~ lead by you know right now, but under any different president, russia should expect retaliation, and they still might expect retaliation from NATO. It's never worth nuking somewhere just to get nuked yourself.
The Ukraine version of Robot Wars is pretty fun so far.
It is not. Many civilians die there, daily. Once you see the aftermath of a drone strike on a human, the red goo with bits that is left behind, which looks like a person turned liquid, is not "fun". Not even as a joke.
sir this is a lemmy shitpost
When you are piloting it's actually pretty fun and very engaging.
I mean, drone strike, IED, falling from an airplane, hellfire missiles... Humans kind of blow up in the same way. To be cavalier, if you've seen one they're all similar. It's not the goo that bothers me, it's the fucking noise. The buzzing. Sounds like an electric mower. Sounds like the delivery drones people order stupid things from. Can't go on a walk without hearing the buzz and training my eyes on the sky.
It's like a sword duel vs a pistol duel in movies. Sword duels need to have some choreography, even when it's not great. Pistol duels are they just stand there until one of them shoots the other
Just ask Alec Baldwin.
But do you support the use of tactical scale nukes?