This is the problem with troops. They will disobey orders. Especially when they’re draftees. Even when it’s for their own good (especially when it’s for their own good?).

This is the antique mindset that makes us think that if we force people to do things, they’ll be loyal to us. Slaves were expected to support their masters with their hearts as well a with their hands. Ulysses hanged the slave girls because they were being disloyal to their masters. Clytemnestra’s daughter was killed because she was the child of a captive woman, queen or no.

Refusing loyalty to a bully completely robs them of their power. The Peach may not be a bully, but regardless of what he thinks of the military, he’s been an officer and a school-teacher for so long, how else would he think?

The Japanese believe — as actors and Rommel believed — that if you act it, you’ll become it. This isn’t just superstition; research has shown that if you act it, you’ll begin to generate the chemicals and hormones to support it. Act brave, and you’ll become brave. Act cheerful, and you’ll cheer up.

Wear an officer’s uniform long enough, or herd school children, and where will that put your head?