The greatest military leaders understand the truth. General Sir John Hacket:
“The military makes demands which few other callings do. Emotionally disturbed people talk about being trained to kill. The whole essence of being a soldier is not to slay but to be slain. You offer yourself up to be slain, rather than setting yourself as a slayer. One can get into very deep water here, but there’s food for thought in it.”
If soldiers did not accede to being slain, there could be no honor or glory for a civilization, society or nation. Without national glory, a country would have no “history.” The death of soldiers constitutes—sustains—the history of civilization.
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