thank god that we've got you to tell us the truth...

i believe you're referring to my post on another subject. believe me: i don't claim to be wise or highly intelligent but i do spend a lot of time reading various newspapers (even british ones) and i think i know something about politics-
and yes: i "refused" serving the austrian army by choosing the option we've got here which is something like social work- with the reason that i think that it is more important and helpful for my (hopefully ) later work as a doctor to serve for the red cross than to learn how to shoot people. therefore i don't know anything about military- but a friend of mine who lives on the same etage as i do is oberleutnant (don't know what that is in english- it's- above lieutenant) and knows quite sth. about war and military- and he talks for hours about that subject per day and this is why i know some bits (NOT sarcastic ) about war and military