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Old 11-12-2004, 06:46 AM   #37 (permalink)
fibber
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Personally, I find fault in killing innocent people for the political machinations of the President and the Defense Secretary.
I have no problems with your moral objections, but as a matter of practicallity, I would have to assume that a soldier rarely has time to consider the morality of his actions until well after the fact. I can only imagine the sheer chaos of being in an urban battle. I would certainly think fear and self-preservation would override any internal debate of the morality of each individual action. Again having never been in anything that I think could even come close to replicating the terrifying stream of emotions and thoughts that must run through those guys I feel wholly unquallified to make any substantial remark for or against them.

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