Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "US Marine reacts to International Military Recruitment Ads #5" video.

  1. 14:07 Remember, Ukraine is expecting a invasion from Russia. And they're not a NATO country. Their very independence is at stake. Being reminded that joining the army might end your life might be a good point to make for some people, but for others it'll discourage them. However that shovel... By pointing to that it makes people think, even as they're doing everyday tasks. Should I join the army and help defend us from Russia? I might not be much good at actually killing someone. But I can dig a hole, that's what I'm doing right now with this shovel. Perhaps I should join. (etc). So yeah, I totally get that one. If our situation here in Norway was more desperate then that might have worked here too. As for it being a bit too "extreme". In a way that's good too. It reminds people that they do not want their loved ones to experience this. Also, remember that while you as a marine do have to defend yourself at times. You're ultimately a offensive unit, a offensive weapon. The regular infantery man however, specializes in defense above everything else. They dig in, hold, then move and dig in again.
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  2. 8:05 So, the Netherlands was occupied during WW2. That's why the ministry of defense is just 75 years old. WW2 ended ago today, when I write this comment.As for freedom...The Netherlands has struggled a lot with that.Their lands where a battleground between Romans and Germanic tribes.Then the Franks who took over after the vaccum left by the Romans in France and later also Germany and even Italy.The Franks where christians who defeated the people of what's today the Netherlands and forced their christianity onto them.Then after being defeated by the Franks the Netherlands ended up as a battlezone between the Danes and the Franks during the beginning of the viking age.The empire of the franks where splilt into three parts, a western part (the origine of what's today France), a eastern part (the origin of what's today Germany) and a central part (containing areas like the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium and so one and so forth...)Of course the eastern and western part ended up defeating and eating up the central part pretty fast... The Netherlands ended up under the Hasburg dynasty, a family that ruled Spain and Austria among other things.When the Netherlands turned protestant they had to fight for freedom against the catholic Hasburgs... And there's been so much conflict over that area and the rights of the people living there... Religions wars and civil wars... Dutch people have had to fight for their freedom for so, so long. It's no wonder that talking about freedom is the main thing they're going for here. Just like we in Norway have a army that argues that it's there to protect our peace. Our army is there to avoid fighting by being a deterance. Theirs is there to fight for freedom and international law. They've been refugees. They've been bullied by bigger nations. We've been lucky to stay out of most wars, and we value just nature and serenity, but understand that we do have dangerous neighbours and we did get occupied during WW2 just like they where.
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