Leaders: We need to fight this war!!! … but I don’t want to fight in it or let any of my family or friends fight in it … that’s dangerous, they might get killed!!! … let’s send someone else to fight it for us!!! … we need to defend our honour and our nation!!!
iirc, a lot of the Irish were veterans of the British military. The first thing they did after getting out of the British army was move to the US, and when they landed they found out that the US Army paid a bounty if you already had military experience.
Classic war time mentality
Leaders: We need to fight this war!!! … but I don’t want to fight in it or let any of my family or friends fight in it … that’s dangerous, they might get killed!!! … let’s send someone else to fight it for us!!! … we need to defend our honour and our nation!!!
iirc, a lot of the Irish were veterans of the British military. The first thing they did after getting out of the British army was move to the US, and when they landed they found out that the US Army paid a bounty if you already had military experience.