Quote Originally Posted by Yunus Dogus
If you volenteer for the army expect to have to go and kill people - sorry thats what armys do - best not to think about it.
Best not to think about what? The killing, the dead, the reasons for it all? If you believe that most humans are able to stop thinking about such issues when they are directly involved in them, you need to wake up.

And singing up to defend your country and constitution does not equal issuing a blanc cheque to the powers that be. Sure, there are youngsters who join modern western armies mainly in order to 'go and kill people' and who love nothing better than to shut their eyes to the reasons and consequences. Those are usually not the best soldiers, and you don't want them in charge in any situation precisely because they can't think for themselves. They are the low end of the military food chain and they better stay there, unless we want to replicate some of the major tragedies of the 20th century.