the way in which military action is portrayed is in a some what negative light. Although Hadji Murad can be very sweet and maybe even docile and kind at times the actions that have to do with military decisions and actions are some what taken to the  extreme like the passage in prior reading in which Hadji Murad enters a mosque during prayer and his actions are merciless and harsh, cruel even and though the reader might deduce that Hadji Murad is a good and kind hearted man in this sense he creates the feeling that military power has to be something cruel and cold when ti does not always have to be that way. i remember in class Jane gave us the handout about choosing which side to agree with in the description of Hadji murad and i said as did some other people that he has his high and low points in the story when i feel as if he is one way and then is all of  a sudden a completely different way. this relates a lot to how i feel about how military power is portrayed due to the fact that the reasoning behind these harsh and cruel actions can be looked at as noble causes and justify the cruelty and mercilessness but from another standpoint they can be said to be completely immoral, unjust and unnecessary all together.