Would you marry off your seventeen year old child rather let him go to war?

Well, IF I were the father of that son, I'd let him marry of a girl. Why? What if he loved that girl? And if not, he could leave the girl after the war. Well, in the war, there is a greater chance of losing your life. I would want my son to live. That's survival over pride.

It would all depend on what he wanted simple as that at 17 he would be old enough to make his own choices, id stand by him no matter what and be there if it went wrong too. Everything we do is risky we cant keep them close to us forever and even if we could it doesnt mean they would be safe

Of course I wouldn't let him go to war if there was any alternative, I can't honestly believe that any parent would, despite what you say. A parent's natural instinct is to protect their child, and in a war situation they might die. Who would want to risk their child dying? I wouldn't really like to marry my child off, especially against they're will or if it were to somebody they didn't love. If they were in love with the person then them marrying would of course become a much better situation. Overall, getting married sounds a lot less risky to me than going to war, so in a choice between the two I would naturally choose this option. Personally it wouldn't please me to see a son of mine "stand like a man" in a war situation. The thought of war doesn't please me at all, and I think that wars and the meaningless loss of life that they bring should be avoided at all costs.