Thanks for sharing your perspective. When survival is on the line instinct can take over in ways we might not expect.

I understand. Training doesn't just make soldiers effective but it pushes them to the brink where there’s no choice but to act.

What you share ties directly into what I'm getting at in the article: that humans aren’t naturally inclined to kill, and it takes intense conditioning to push us to that point. This need for such brutal training shows how deeply we resist violence at our core.

I'm curious where you stand on this—do you think that deep down, people are naturally peaceful, and it's the circumstances that force us into violence? Or do you believe that there’s an inherent aggression that just needs to be triggered?