That's fine, but now you have to explain the 1000s of counter examples, across almost all countries, where they did. Why did the US National Guard open fire at

That's fine, but now you have to explain the 1000s of counter examples, across almost all countries, where they did. Why did the US National Guard open fire at Kent state? Why did the PLA roll tanks into Bejing? The same for Peterloo or Bloody Sunday and so on. Of course, no one ever tells you to shoot "that nice fellow countryman over there". Soldiers are told dangerous (though unarmed) anarchists/bourgeoisie/terrorists need to be stopped. And the vast majority of cases end up with a lot of dead civilians. I am not judging, I would likely be the same if I were a soldier in that situation. The fact it happens so often shows it isn't down to individual soldiers lacking some moral or ethical quality. It's human nature. It's why armies work. I just think everyone have a (very dangerous, baseless) belief that "that could never happen here "...