Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights

First, let me preface this by saying that in no way am I condoning this behavior. Now, having said that, let me further say that you, I, and 99.9% of the TFP will never understand the mental duress that drives this behavior. What these soldiers are doing, in a morbid twisted sense, is releasing some of the horror that has become their daily life. You don't survive in a combat zone, for very long, without it affecting your mental makeup. Keep in mind, lest you become too judgemental, that these men aren't waking up in the morning, showering, having breakfast, hopping in their cars, going to work, and dealing with a prick for a boss all day, like you and I. They're doing an seeing things that no human should have to deal with. And that's exactly what's happening here...they're dealing with the horror, that has become their life, in the only way they know how. By the dehumanization of their adversaries. So, to sum this up, unless you are one of the very few amoungst us here, that have seen first hand, the horror of close in combat...then I wouldn't be so quick to make any judgemental proclomations.