See, the varying answers to this question basically prove the idea of conscription to be flawed. Soldiers need to be motivated in some way to actually be effective. Lacking an invasion of the homeland, the average citizen has no desire to kill.

Now, how exactly does the military we assume a role in, work? Is it a modern, relatively tolerant Western military, or is it a 1940 Soviet penal battalion mess of privates and commisars? If it was the former, as Beskar, I would hope to be given a non-combat role and not take part in the fighting. The latter, on pain of death if I do otherwise, I would have to fight.

1. Yes. At this point, the actual training would kick in. I am not a schmuck picked off the street and dropped into a village, I have been through training. With a relatively low-stress enviroment, I can function properly and follow orders.

2. Again, I have been through training. Besides that, only an evolutionary failure of enormous proportions would not attempt to kill in this situation. Fight or Flight - Flight = Fight.

3. I wouldn't have the stomach or will to kill him myself. However, I do recognize that he needs to die. Someone else does it.

4. If I did not, I would not be doing my job.

5. A "pathetically wounded" man on the ground with a melee weapon? Disarm him.

6. There would be no "trying". There would just be shooting. You don't have control over bullets apart from the direction they start off in. If he has a gun pointed at me, I shoot to hit him. I don't care where.