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Originally Posted by SERPENT7
That is a BIG negative, ghostrider.
Allowing a pleasant memory to replace the reality of the situation opens the door for non-combat related incidents. For instance fragging your Lt. for no better reason than you do not like his leadership style. (During Vietnam guys would kill any leader that tried to do his duty, and attack the enemy. Most guys were not interested in anything more than surviving long enough to get back home. Or so i have been told.) So, IMHO embracing a pleasant lie in order to avoid an uncomfortable truth is NOT the way to run a military force.
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I don't know where you're getting your information, but someone's been telling you stories. There are anecdotal instances of this happening, but it was certainly not a widespread practices. To imply that it was a common occurrence is a pretty insulting statement to the men who served in that conflict. If you've got proof to back up your statement, I'd love to see it, but until you do, you shouldn't act like an authority on things that you don't know anything about.
You had a perfectly good point and you ruined it with an outright lie. You should apologize and try again.