If they would tell us what exactly killed those people we would be better able to decide the critical issue of who shot first. Your thoughts are very comforting and I wish to reassure all hands that all is not lost. A group of us old codgers recently got to kicking around the important questions about the reasons men fight. Fighting, of course, can be hazardous to your health, and when one puts himself deliberately at hazard he must have a reason. This is probably the best reason, and cannot very well be faulted on either political or religious grounds.
Men fight their best when they see strangers invading their native fields, farms and cottages.
Absolute faith in absolute truth is more powerful than self-interest, and when God is on your side you need have no fear of death. Elite units, such as Napoleon's Old Guard, the British Grenadiers, the United States Marine Corps, the Spanish Legion, have always distinguished themselves out of a sense of group superiority. They were taught from the first that they are better than other people, and it is then necessary for them to demonstrate that fact beyond doubt. Men have always fought for fortune, and as much as it is frowned upon in some circles, the loot motive lead the armies of the steppes to conquer the world. Escape and Excitement.