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You're applying rational standards.
Ever hear the saying 'A rational army would desert?'
I think that's true. I think the fact that actual armies fight and fight is down to instinct. People, especially young males, are willing to die for the tribe--or at least do not weigh the danger as very important. Irrational, from the individual point-of-view, but perhaps a positive thing for the survival of the group, in prehistoric times.
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