I don't think most people mind killing that much. It's only murder that makes [most of] us uncomfortable. And given that no society can afford great compensatio

I don't think most people mind killing that much. It's only murder that makes [most of] us uncomfortable. And given that no society can afford great compensation for every soldier, extreme reverence is all we've got. And in regards to other states it's pretty much a Prisoner's Dilemma.