The problem is that it's hard to aim a rifle when your heart is pounding, which points to an irony of modern combat: it does extraordinarily violent things to the human body but requires almost dead calm to execute well.

Sebastian Junger
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The problem with modern combat is that it requires the heart to be still to successfully perform. The human body is designed to react quickly in situations of danger. This is what allows us to live in the wild, but it also makes it hard for us to fight in a modern war.

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