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<blockquote data-quote="kristianjohnsen" data-source="post: 43482" data-attributes="member: 441"><p>Re: Marines urinate on dead Taliban</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Justice.</p><p></p><p>First of all: I think you qouted me but changed what I wrote...?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Anyway. It's easy for us sitting here in our lavish everyday westen life and armchair quarterback about how people in a war zone should act. But the truth of it is that if you subject someone to enough crap most if not all will react in a manner that is unacceptable in civilian life. Don't want these young men to behave like war-weary soldiers? Don't send them to war. It's hypocritical to send people off to do our dirty work and then gasp and act all horrified when they find ways to vent some of the mental pressure put on them. This isn't like corporate-life type pressure: This is life and death situations with a backdrop of mundane waiting periods on base that would be comfortable at home, but due to the constant uncertainty just adds more pressure to the pressure cooker.</p><p></p><p>Truth is, many veterans have a hard time opening up about their troubles because "nobody understands at home".</p><p></p><p>I hope your family members come back unscarred from deployment! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>PS: Killers vs warriors is mostly semantics: Their mission isn't to kill but it is a "tool" they are authorized to utilize given the right situation. It's hard on anybody to have to use that "tool". Humans are humans, after all.</p><p></p><p></p><p>PPS: This is obviously a major issue here as well since we have a troops in the same war. I just read an article about how both Norwegian and other troops including American ones peed on corpses of German soldiers here in Norway at the end of World War 2, so this is nothing new.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kristianjohnsen, post: 43482, member: 441"] Re: Marines urinate on dead Taliban Justice. First of all: I think you qouted me but changed what I wrote...? Anyway. It's easy for us sitting here in our lavish everyday westen life and armchair quarterback about how people in a war zone should act. But the truth of it is that if you subject someone to enough crap most if not all will react in a manner that is unacceptable in civilian life. Don't want these young men to behave like war-weary soldiers? Don't send them to war. It's hypocritical to send people off to do our dirty work and then gasp and act all horrified when they find ways to vent some of the mental pressure put on them. This isn't like corporate-life type pressure: This is life and death situations with a backdrop of mundane waiting periods on base that would be comfortable at home, but due to the constant uncertainty just adds more pressure to the pressure cooker. Truth is, many veterans have a hard time opening up about their troubles because "nobody understands at home". I hope your family members come back unscarred from deployment! :) PS: Killers vs warriors is mostly semantics: Their mission isn't to kill but it is a "tool" they are authorized to utilize given the right situation. It's hard on anybody to have to use that "tool". Humans are humans, after all. PPS: This is obviously a major issue here as well since we have a troops in the same war. I just read an article about how both Norwegian and other troops including American ones peed on corpses of German soldiers here in Norway at the end of World War 2, so this is nothing new. [/QUOTE]
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