In order for us human beings to commit ourselves personally to the inhumanity of war, we find it necessary first to dehumanize our opponents, which is in itself a violation of the beliefs of all religions. Once we characterize our adversaries as beyond the scope of God's mercy and grace, their lives lose all value.
I remember, in my senior year, one of my teachers taking me aside and saying: 'You look really tired. ' This was when I was being a bad kid and she knew that something was wrong.