Well, it wouldn't be war, thank God. But it wouldn't be nothing, either. Despite war's cruelty, there are many admirable features found among men and women in wartime, as writers from the Roman era to our own have observed. There is a spirit of sacrifice for a greater good. There is charity and self giving.
Soldiers come to know some of the finest sentiments that human beings can know.
The battlefield is a place of many emotions. There is fear and anger. There is resignation and determination. There is hope and despair. The chief emotion at work on the battlefield is an unlikely one.