Mike addresses the morality of soldiers killing in war, arguing that just war is a real category but that individual soldiers must personally discern whether a given war is just rather than simply following orders.

Mike says there is such a thing as a just war but notes every war has two sides and sometimes both sides are wrong. He insists each soldier must personally evaluate the justice of the conflict and cannot simply appeal to following orders. He says he personally would have stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day as a morally justifiable act, but would not participate in every war.