In the red horse rider's war, do people kill the enemy or kill each other?
In the red horse rider’s war, the conflict is not characterized by killing the enemy but by people killing one another. The rider takes peace from the earth, and the result is that they kill each other. The red horse rider’s battleground is epitomized by mutual slaughter rather than combat against an external enemy.
Les teaches that after the seven years have begun, the next event is another horse, and this one is red. When peace is absent, the result is war—a real war. The individual or power entity riding the red horse brings war on the earth, takes peace from the earth, and causes them to kill one another. Les emphasizes the words “kill one another” as indicating the rider of the red horse. His battleground is epitomized not by killing the enemy, but by people killing each other. Les also connects the color red with Russia.