What would it take for
you to willingly sacrifice your life? Or to take someone else's life? In wars,
people do both. What does it take to
convince large numbers of people that dying and killing are worthwhile?
One might think it only
requires someone giving an order; but, there are many cases of people refusing
to fight - many men during WWI and WWII,
for instance.
When called upon to fight and die for their country, most people comply; but
sometimes they walk away... or join the other side. Determining why is, in
part, a problem of ideology - of the way they think and what they think
is right.