neo-neocon: "Exactly how does one train soldiers to be effective and yet principled killers? Operant conditioning is part of it. The goal of this process of accustoming military members to killing in wartime is to reduce their psychological and physical stress/fear, in order to avoid panic. And why is this so important? Because it's this stress/panic reaction (as well as a number of other factors, to be discussed in a moment) that can lead to the commission of atrocities in war"

Neo says it's good to train soldiers to be more effective killing machines -- AND more effective NON-killing machines (act by reflex, correctly). With much less stress.