Poll: Who would you save ?

[FrozenCones]

I'd save the nukes.

In a whirlpool they'd sink straight to the bottom.

 

[MyNameIsNowNotMyName]

And so what protects the civilians after all the soldiers are dead? The opposing force (whoever they are) has clearly demonstrated that they've got no problem killing civilians. So once your military is dead; what's to stop the opposing force from marching in and killing everyone?

Because those 4M soldiers did such a great job protecting in the first place, right? I mean, they can stop nukes and all... wait...
And if I keep them alive, what's to stop the opposition sending another nuke on them again?

At least if you preserve the soldiers there's still the possibility of a counter-attack and saving however many civilians remain (plus the fact that it's that many extra bodies to repopulate the country after the war is over).

Revenge is meaningless, and as was mentioned before in another post, soldiers are mostly males, so there goes that idea.

Look, we can be discussing this for all eternity if we keep going like that; the point is, there are pros and cons to both, and neither is a great choice, but I stand by my decision.

My question would be, "Who is the opposing country? And how many more nukes could they possibly have?" I NEED TO KNOW THE VARIABLES!!!

 

[MyNameIsNowNotMyName]

Well, let's see.
I can save the 4 million soldiers, read: combatants, and continue a nuclear war, or I can save the civilians, preserve our society, and start rebuilding and repopulating as soon as possible.

I think I'm going with the latter.

Seems like a very likely scenario, the other country just wanted to nuke you to stop the war, not to completely annihilate you.

 

[Stepan_RUS']

I would certianly save the larger number of soldiers. Why are soldiers considered less-human? are they not simpy civilians with a different job?

I would also like to add, if we are talking about a large ammount of population being killed, i think soldiers are better than civilians. More courageous and masculine, no?

 

[Thyunda]

There is no dog. The scenario stands as presented.

I save the civilians then, as some of them might have dogs.

This answer. This is my answer.


Seriously - still the civilians. What's the point in having soldiers if you're going to sacrifice civilians to protect them?