Generally agree. Psychos can not be taught empathy. Not sure about now but was in USN and there were a lot of normal folks around. Nam was not a cake walk.
The stats for WWII vets had the average grunt facing around ten days of combat a year. In Viet Nam those guys humped for like 270 days a year.
When the sun went down the US lost their edge. The terrorist US became the victim. Not excusing My Lai, but things happen in a group that don't as individuals. This accounts for horrendous suicide rates among combat troops, my take. They can't live with what they have done, not a problem for psychos.
We need to move to new paradigms for solving the problems we face. War extracts a huge price. At the same time creating unheard of profit for those who start and fund them.
Remember North African civilians used by US Army soldiers in WWll using them as target practice. Sure he North Africans are grave robbers and scavengers just like their ancestors . Different strokes for different folks.
I wonder what most people would think if they were told bluntly about the 1620 Mayflower people robbing Indian graves. Even documenting it - analogous to "we dug up something like a grave"...
Generally agree. Psychos can not be taught empathy. Not sure about now but was in USN and there were a lot of normal folks around. Nam was not a cake walk.
The stats for WWII vets had the average grunt facing around ten days of combat a year. In Viet Nam those guys humped for like 270 days a year.
When the sun went down the US lost their edge. The terrorist US became the victim. Not excusing My Lai, but things happen in a group that don't as individuals. This accounts for horrendous suicide rates among combat troops, my take. They can't live with what they have done, not a problem for psychos.
We need to move to new paradigms for solving the problems we face. War extracts a huge price. At the same time creating unheard of profit for those who start and fund them.
Remember North African civilians used by US Army soldiers in WWll using them as target practice. Sure he North Africans are grave robbers and scavengers just like their ancestors . Different strokes for different folks.
I wonder what most people would think if they were told bluntly about the 1620 Mayflower people robbing Indian graves. Even documenting it - analogous to "we dug up something like a grave"...