>>1436797My friend was commenting on the stupidity of others. She left as soon as she could and didn't take a side.
Sure the serbs were the aggressors this time (in ww2 they were some of the biggest heroes of the war). The point is how a given person is considered a serb or croat or Bosnian or Slovenian or whatever. I'm not assigning collective judgement, I'm pointing out that who ends up in which collective is pretty arbitrary.
Anyway...
Learn as much math as you can. Nearly every practical profession has a lot of math in it: business, finance, engineering, medicine, computers, construction, etc. After big wars you often have big social shakeups so if this happens and you survive, you're positioned to advance socially afterward. Meantime, if you're conscripted into an army or militia and they notice that you have a head for figures, you could end up in a safer staff/administration job rather than committing war crimes and/or having them committed against you on the front line. It won't matter that it was hard work and constant practice, they'll assume it was talent and don't let on that it isn't. Or, hell, come out and say it. They won't believe you. Math skill gets you into the professions but not the elite in stable countries. In wartime, they help you bubble up considerably further.
So, yeah, best prep is training in basic emergency medicine, self-defense, firearms, a useful trade skill (including potentially an unusual language), and maths.
That training will tell you how to gear up, but more importantly will get you along if you're caught with no supplies at all. Also, build ties in your community. It's the American ideal of self sufficient (aka rugged individualism) which you don't have to be American to admire.
All these skills will be helpful even if there is no war. Win-win.
