It kinda doesn't matter what caused it, what matters is that your in it.

I would be the type of person who would fight to defend DC from a foreign invasion. Now, I might want to hang around after the forefingers are repelled in case DC caused it, but the forefingers have no right to be there.

I kinda see this both ways. I'd really say not to do it because conscripts are almost universally a bad idea. Conscripts who were so lacking in loyalty that they were already running away on the 1st day of battle is just dumb.