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War thrusts one into a completely different universe--one where I dont think we, sitting here comfortably typing away on our computers, are in any position to judge.
The emphasis the soldiers seem to place on killing only seems to me a natural extension of the environment into which they are placed. It seems brutish and barbaric to many, but again--war is something completely unlike anything most of us have experienced.
Such black humor in soldiers isnt anything new. Read any account of war in the twentieth century--WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam... It seems to be a way of keeping themselves sane in such an insane place. Finding humor in the carnage. Again, not something I think any of us are in any position to judge.
I believe there are a few here on this board who have experienced combat. Perhaps they can elaborate.
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