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Originally Posted by Manx
If something creates a new "reality" that enables you to perform these types of actions, then there is a serious problem with that something.
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That "something" is combat and you are exactly right, there is a serious problem with it. Few people want a war, however in our current society it exists. Can we manage it? Yes. I think if you examine the conflicts of the past couple of decades versus the conflicts of the past few centuries the atrocities commited today are much fewer and minor (note: I don't consider rape and murder minor, however compared to the burning and raping of whole villages/ civilizations they are).
As to the original question. I think there are two aspects to it.
1) the military, be it the US Military or that of another country, is a type of cross section of the whole society. In it you will find the thieves and rapists that you would find in any other occupation i.e. construction workers, bankers etc.
2) The individuals that may not be "pre-disposed" to abnormal activities, yet commit them none-the-less are as KMA-628 stated under a type of stress that all of us whom have never been in the situation could never comprehend. I do not think that these actions are a result of any kind of training that they recieve; they are a result of being in a fucked up situation.