Getting out of phone contract

If I was signing up to fight a war, these are things I would chew over in my mind before making any decision:

Will I die? / Will I be terribly injured? / Can I quit whenever I like? / Who would it affect if I did die/was injured?

One surely must be aware of these possibilities before signing up, and weigh up the likelihood of them happening. If not, perhaps that's a failure on the part of the recruitment machine that the forces operate, but, as I said before, if you want to minimise the risks of that happening, get a job in a cubicle.

The British Military used to adopt the doctrine of Just War theory, to which those who enlisted subscribed (in the overwhelmingly vast majority of instances). Mr Blair rather drove a coach and horses through that little lot. See current retention and recruitment rates, even in an economic depression.