[Ah, it's not a surprising assumption to make, is it; the rules of their engagement could be explained: military targets only, solitary action; keep civilians out of it. Don't make a target of the colonies.]

[But a few decades later, justifying it doesn't seem especially necessary. Especially when he never saw the nobility in it to begin with, way onlookers did.]

I have no qualms about the necessity of fighting to achieve peace. [Unbothered by the tone and unapologetic; his canon is kinda all about pacifism VS rebellion. You could say he's had the discussion.] A soldier knows their life is forfeit when they choose to fight. If they're afraid, they have no business picking up a weapon.