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Originally posted by slvrnblck
Im sure not all are "sociopaths" looking to kill people. But I think its a safe bet to say that most are, but like I said, either way you put it, these people have a choice, a choice to kill or not to kill, and they choose to kill, therefore in my opinion they are not good people.
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Would just joining the military make someone a sociopath? For a lot of people, it's their last option, looking to get out of a dead end job or town (for example, I know someone who was a rancher's son in Montana who joined up to get out of there). If you think just joining the military makes someone a sociopath, you have a very distorted and inaccurate view of the military.
With the exception of the Marines, where every Marine is a rifleman first, a lot of the branches don't give their personnel a lot of weapons training - and a lot of people don't touch guns at all while in the military, they repair computers, planes, cook meals, act as Air Traffic Controllers, etc.
Also, soldiers aren't really given a choice about going to Iraq and fighting - deserting is not an option, and if you are given an order, you obey it. So I hardly think that being ordered "Go liberate Iraq from Sadaam Hussein" makes every (or most) soldier a psychopath.