Someone observed recently that the reason a soldier in a sticky situation - when his subjective state is screaming "make a run for it" - nevertheless stays put is because he knows that his comrades would do the same for him if they were in his place.
Having seen the Iraqi Army hightail it on numerous occasions no foot soldier can have confidence in the mutual loyalty and support of his fellow combatants. In other words, it isn't an "army" in the full sense. Leonidas, the Spartan warrior king who died at Thermopylae, would not be impressed . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-6M5FukAoE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-6M5FukAoE
