Veteran soldiers are returning from frontline combat with what some say is an unhealthy respect for the enemy's beliefs.
Validity: warlike
[option] "I mean, credit where it's due..." reminisces @@RANDOMNAME@@, a medal-covered officer of the @@DENONYM@@ military. "They know how to fight, and they know why they fight. Once my squad captured an enemy captain, and they argued a really interesting, compelling case for why they were against us. Ended up playing football with him and his allies. Maybe we need to stop the war and start a dialogue. Might get us to realise that both sides have a point and not have a need to lose more lives..."
[effect] 'traitor' is a relative term
[option] "This is a very grave problem," asserts @@RANDOMNAME@@, a loyal supporter while shooing away the previous speaker. "Empathy for the enemy will diminish operational effectiveness - we need to demonise our opponents. We need extensive pre-op briefings and explaining why the enemy is evil. Some graphic informational pamphlets and poster should do the trick!
[effect] soldiers are issued comics about superheroes punching racist caricatures of their enemies
[option] "And yet our soldiers are still going to interact and talk to our enemies!" Cries @@RANDOMNAME@@, who's waving a handgun menacingly at a map on your wall. "See that? Big wide world, with lots of enemies! If our personnel keep interacting with them, we will have a mutiny on our hands! Tell the troops to execute all prisoners and to never interact with the local population. That way their corruption can't possibly spread within our ranks."
[effect] the army employs a "shoot first, shoot later" policy
[option] "The problem is that our soldiers are even interacting with the enemy's operatives at all," notes @@RANDOMNAME@@ while waving blue prints for an esoteric new weapon. "We should stay as far away from them as possible... and luckily, we have the tools to do so. Drones, ships, artillery, giant death robots, intercontinental ballistic missiles... no need to send infantry to go and secure an objective if we've already turned the objective into a big hole."
[effect] the military can't hear you over the sound of thundering artillery
[option] "Why does a man go fight and die?" pontificates @@RANDOMNAME@@, salesman from the Payday Goons, an infamous private security company. "Some maybe for a higher cause, or maybe their family or land. Yet a mercenary fights only for his pay. And how do you get an army of loyal, veteran, practical mercenaries?" He hands over a contract and golden pen with a wink. "Just be the man with the gold."
[effect] the army pay is to kill and die for
[option] "Commissars..." mutters @@RANDOMNAME@@, while moving around small painted toy soldiers on your table. "Roll for discipline. Fail? Bang! Morale check passed. Heresy extinguished. Good old commissars."
[effect] suicidal soldiers form opinions