But it's not your business or mine to decide the purpose of the control. but to make him do what you want him to do. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force.

War is not violence and killing, pure and simple war is controlled violence, for a purpose. There can be circumstances when it's just as foolish to hit an enemy with an H-Bomb as it would be to spank a baby with an ax. If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cuts its head off?' But I'll give you my own-unofficial-views on it. Did your school have a course in History and Moral Philosophy?' You're supposed to know the answer before you join up. Well, the question you asked is one that a sergeant isn't really qualified to answer.

Hendrick muttered something Zim said, 'Speak up!' Then he said softly, 'Are you happy in the Infantry, Hendrick? You can resign, you know.' Zim didn't answer at once, which wasn't like him at all. when you've got a real weapon you can use to win? What's the point in a whole lot of men risking their lives with obsolete weapons when one professor type can do so much more just by pushing a button?' “If we can use an H-bomb-and as you said it's no checker game it's real, it's war and nobody is fooling around-isn't it sort of ridiculous to go crawling around in the weeds, throwing knives and maybe getting yourself killed.

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