“You men must understand what it is I call upon you to do. It is no glorious battle like you think, where you move, like pieces on a game board. No tactics to outwit an opponent in a grand engagement. We will not face them in the field of battle, but kill them in every other way.” “But Mother Confessor,” someone near the front timidly called out, “it is the code of honor for soldiers to face one another in battle, to best him in a fair fight.” “There is nothing fair about having to fight in war. The only fair thing would be to live in peace. The purpose of war is singular: to kill. “You must
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