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I know one thing's for darn sure: draftees in modern warfare are a waste of logistical resources. I had heard a similar stat that 75% were unwilling to kill in WW2, and according to that researcher, that % is still the norm in most countries, but the US is somewhere around 20% now. He 'blamed' it on violent movies. What's to blame? I think it's a good thing.

"I know one thing's for darn sure: draftees in modern warfare are a waste of logistical resources. I had heard a similar stat that 75% were unwilling to kill in WW2, and according to that researcher, that % is still the norm in most countries, but the US is somewhere around 20% now.

I suspect that this 10-20% figure relates to the segment of the population that has less of a natural reluctance to kill. This has been overcome in the modern age by the training methods which get men to kill without thinking about it too much. My opinion, though, is that the segment that has little reluctance to kill is also the segment that can get over it and not suffer Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome.

So my unproven theory is that the other percentage that have been trained to kill and are not really mentally or emotionally equipped for it are the ones who will suffer for it the rest of their lives. Killing someone causes the kind of guilt that few men can really deal with effectively.