Thoughts on a warrior's ethos

Maj D has a nicely written entry today. I especially liked the comment that LH wrote.

People are still coming to terms with the wars going on and reaching a status of complete understanding is not likely to come soon for the masses (myself included). Each person struggles with some part of the argument or concept no matter who they are or their status.

Maj D writes:

"This war will be won through the knowledge that the warrior cannot be separated from the human, that we can no longer fight wars by separating all that is decent and humane from our actions in relentless destruction of those who mean us harm, but rather by the embodiment of decency and humanity in our warrior ethos in order to secure victory through peace."

I kind of agree with this. I am still taking the thought in and processing it, but I think it's true. You can't keep them separate, that's like asking a lion not to chase prey. But, if you try to use more of humanity while protecting your (or another's) nation your warrior ethos as he said will be more apt to have better judgement. Or at least allow for the decisions to be shaped by a more multifacted thought process.