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Old 11-12-2004, 04:18 PM   #72 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by smooth
Interesting.

How do you square this analysis with the reports of soldiers feeling moral compunction with being sent into battle without proper protection, and subsequent refusal to embark on their missions?
I don't see where morality has anything to do with this. It sort of seems that requesting adequate equipment to perform a job, and questioning whether they should be doing the job at all based on moral quandries are two different things.
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