It seems that we constantly have to relearn lessons that other soldiers and nations have learned in the past. Namely that war is dehumanising, brutal, imoral, and bloody. Anyone put into such an environment, given enough time and tension, will most likely end up being sociopathic if not psychopathic. Civilian murders at the hands of US troops should come as no surprise. Our soldiers are the best there is but they are not androids. War destroys soldiers whether they are shot, blown up, or become murderers. The sooner we are out of it the better for us all. The longer a war goes on the less noble it seems. The shame is not that civilians are dead, but that this war was allowed to happen at all. The men and women who defend us are owed more than an open ended war of attrition. Why do we fight? What are we defending? Democracy? What a load of crap. Our valient men and women are suffering the depravity of war so that the US doesn't look weak. What a rotten reason to kill soldiers and turn others into murderers.
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