WEll, we've neither of use been in a war, spaw, so, like you, I'm guessing.

My understanding of how I'd want the soldiers on my left and right to be responding to a crisis wouldn't be like that, and if I can imagine myself into a commanding officer role, it's not how I'd want them responding either. I'd want people who could keep their head, and overcome the natural tendency to panic and blast off in all directions. Training is about learning how to do that.

"Kill 'em all" is natural, but it's stupid, and in a lot of circumstances it's likely to make it more likely you and your comrades get killed. It's an attitude that leads to Monday's massacre - an episode which is probably going to cost the lives of Americans.