Originally posted by: tcsenter
Again, you are discounting what I am saying and are calling what happened in this video a crime because you don't like the emotion displayed by the participating Marines. I am telling you, that in the heat of battle, in war, humans become unhuman. Emotions displayed are not emotions intended. I can pull extracts from training documents that will explain this incident to you clearly. Do some research on it and you'll have a different perspective of what you saw on this video. I didn't see a crime and I'm trained to make that judgement.
What is interesting is the implicit suggestion by some that soldiers should be trained (indoctrinated) to perceive themselves and what they do as some kind of abomination. That when a soldier kills in war, he should promptly heap disdain upon himself for what he's done. To view the discharge of his duty as something worthy of contempt.
Imagine if we adopted this rather bizarre motivational technique to train people for other occupations...
"You successfully operated on that man's heart without complications? You should be ashamed of yourself! And you call yourself a doctor?"
"You have the best safety record among all school bus drivers in the district. What an idiot you are!"
"As for the outstanding job you did identifying and apprehending the two violent felons who escaped from prison last week, I will personally see that you are fired for it."
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"How did you feel after pulling those two children from the burning car and saving their lives?"
"I felt like a low life. I wanted to commit suicide."
"Good! Serves you right."